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Scotland’s Play Charter

Scotland’s Play Charter describes our collective commitment to play for all children and young people. Supporters of the Charter know that children have the right to play and value play as an essential part of children’s health and wellbeing as individuals and part of the community.

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Pledges to Scotland’s Play Charter

  • Canongate Youth
  • Early Steps Nursery
  • Cumbernauld YMCA
  • Springfield Primary School
  • Middleton Park School
  • South Morningside Primary School and Nursery
  • Scout Association
  • Beatlie Primary School
  • St Leonard’s Primary and Nursery School
  • The Green Team
  • Burnfoot Community School
  • YouthLink Scotland
  • St Ninians Nursery
  • Mid Calder Primary School
  • Together – Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights
  • Access Parkour Ltd
  • St Peter’s RC Primary School
  • Little Lunches
  • Jordanhill School
  • Argyle Bridge Children’s Nursery
  • Bòrd na Gàidhlig
  • Simply Play
  • Oxgangs Primary School
  • Boomerang Community Centre
  • East Pollockshields Out of School Care
  • Inclusive Play
  • Enable Scotland
  • TICTACS After School Service
  • City of Edinburgh Council
  • Evanton Wood Community Company
  • LINKES
  • Stanmore House School – Capability Scotland
  • St Andrew’s RC Primary School
  • Mini French
  • East End Empowering Stars
  • Task Childcare Services
  • Little Steps Childminding
  • Buttons & Bows Nursery School
  • Houston Primary School
  • Islesburgh OOSC
  • Leaps and Bounds Activities (LBA)
  • Borestone Primary School
  • Woodlands Family Nurture Centre
  • Outlet Play Resource
  • St Denis’ Primary School
  • Abbey Early Years Centre
  • Support for Families
  • The Wee Childcare Company Ltd
  • Clermiston Primary School and Nursery
  • Firpark Primary School
  • St Peter’s Primary School
  • Stirling Play Services, Stirling Council
  • EA Junior School
  • Licketyspit
  • Lanarkshire Childcare Services
  • Firsthand Lothian
  • Craigour Park Primary School and Nursery
  • PEEK Project
  • Auchinairn Afterschool Care & Forest School
  • St Gerard’s Nursery School
  • Carli’s Kindergarten
  • Scalloway Pre-School
  • Support from the Start Prestonpans Cluster
  • Hearts and Minds
  • Perth & Kinross Council
  • East Park
  • Tingwall Primary School
  • Parsons Green Primary
  • WHALE Arts
  • Little Forest Friends Scotland
  • University of the West of Scotland
  • Sacred Heart Primary School
  • Fife Childcare Services
  • Operation Play Outdoors
  • Edzell Nursery
  • Burnbrae Primary School
  • Scottish Government
  • James Gillespie’s Nursery
  • Clovenstone Primary School
  • Smallworld Out of School Club
  • Jordanhill Out of School Service
  • Child’s Play
  • Kinneil Primary School and Early Years Campus
  • Highland Council
  • Play Alloa
  • Aberdeenshire Council
  • Corstorphine Primary School
  • Aberdeen City Council
  • Play Torbay
  • Toybox Children’s Centre
  • Bridge of Weir Childcare
  • First 4 Kids
  • Warout Primary School
  • Scottish Out of School Care Network
  • West College Scotland
  • Four Seasons Nursery
  • The Nurture Nursery
  • Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
  • Arkleston Primary School
  • Fife Gingerbread
  • Pencaitland Primary School Parent Council
  • Home-Start Wigtownshire
  • NHS GGC Children and Families
  • Lauriston Nursery
  • St Martin’s Primary School and Nursery
  • Green Aspirations Scotland CIC
  • Commercial Primary School
  • Cambusbarron Village Nursery
  • Parent and Infant Mental Health Scotland
  • Culture NL
  • St Margaret’s Primary School
  • Culture & Leisure
  • Dunbar Primary School Nursery
  • Dens Road Primary School
  • Hanover Street School
  • Smart Play Network
  • Monkey Puzzle Glasgow Central
  • Penicuik YMCA-YWCA
  • Play Midlothian
  • Bruce Family Centre
  • Eastmuir Primary School
  • Scottish Historic Buildings Trust
  • Holmston Out of Skool Club
  • Holy Cross Nursery Class
  • Flowerpots Childcare
  • Woodland Outdoor Kindergartens
  • The BIG Project
  • C.O.J.A.C. Caring Operations Joint Action Council
  • Edinburgh and Lothians Out of School Care Network
  • Riverside Primary School
  • KO-NEKT (Childcare)
  • NHS West Dunbartonshire
  • Enchanted Forest Nursery
  • Orkney Library and Archive
  • Movement Park
  • St Boswells Primary School
  • 3D Drumchapel
  • Black Lion Games
  • Hyndland After School Club
  • St Paul’s Primary School
  • The Yard
  • Newtown Primary School
  • Seamab
  • Leisure and Culture
  • Dalmilling Primary School
  • Chanonry Beaver Scouts
  • Flowerbank Early Childhood Centre
  • Support from the Start Haddington Cluster
  • Pirie Park Primary School
  • Gingerbread
  • Clydesdale After School Care
  • Aberlady ELOSCN
  • Tweeddale Youth Action
  • Rosemount Lifelong Learning
  • North Edinburgh Childcare
  • Newtongrange ASC
  • RHC NHS GGC
  • Towerbank ASC
  • Innerwick Primary and Nursery School
  • Lamlash Early Years Class
  • Inspiring Scotland
  • Support, Help and Integration in Perthshire
  • Fenton Barns Nursery
  • Include Me 2 Club
  • Muirhouse Youth Development Group
  • Battlefield Primary ASC Association (BPASCA)
  • Kidsize Out of School Club
  • Almond Park Nursery
  • Our Place Our Families
  • Fields in Trust Scotland
  • Prestonpans ASC
  • Craiglockhart After School Club
  • Starcatchers
  • Kids Come First
  • Home-Start Lorn
  • Preschool Academy
  • Childcare Strategy Team
  • Castleton Primary School
  • Home-Start East Fife
  • Gylemuir After School Club
  • Gullane After School Club
  • Abbey Mill Childcare
  • St Columba’s Junior School
  • Barnardo’s Scotland
  • Queens Cross Housing Association
  • Laura’s Little Treasures
  • North Edinburgh Arts
  • Falkirk Council
  • High School of Dundee
  • Timberplay Scotland Ltd
  • South Lanarkshire College
  • Angus Council
  • Oxley Park Academy
  • Òganan Ghlaschu
  • Dirleton Playgroup
  • Simpson Primary School & Nursery Class
  • Langlee Support Centre, Langlee Primary School
  • Impact Arts
  • Summerston Childcare
  • Outdoor Woodland Learning School (OWLS)
  • Siblings Together and Reunited (STAR)
  • Camperdown Primary School and Nursery
  • Crossmichael Primary School
  • Busby Primary School
  • Tiptoe’s Children’s Nursery
  • Wellgreen Nursery, Stirling
  • Borders College
  • Cockburnspath Primary School
  • CALL Scotland
  • St John’s RC Primary
  • Holy Corner Community Group
  • St David’s Primary RC
  • Law Primary School and North Berwick Nursery School
  • Pilton Youth and Children’s Project
  • Muck Primary School
  • Dumfries Toy Library
  • Maggie’s Childminding Service
  • The Creativity Portal
  • Kidzcare
  • Meiklewood Nursery and After School Care
  • Support from the Start Dunbar Cluster
  • Whiteinch Centre
  • Renfrewshire Council
  • Windygoul Primary School
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • New College Lanarkshire
  • International Play Association Scotland
  • Earthtime for All Ltd
  • East of the Sun, West of the Moon
  • Bright Starts Nursery
  • OSCARS Childcare
  • Sgoil Bhaile a’ Mhanaich, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
  • Cardonald Primary School
  • Busy Bees Nursery
  • Forestry and Land Scotland
  • St Mary’s Nursery Class
  • Tweedbank Early Learners
  • South Lanarkshire Council
  • City of Play
  • Holy Cross Primary School
  • Sciennes Primary School
  • Scamps SOSC
  • Eyemouth Primary School
  • St Rose of Lima Primary School
  • Fun Lodge After School Care
  • Arran High School
  • Liberton After School Club
  • Mini Me Yoga Ambassador
  • Play Together on Pedals
  • The Cottage Family Centre
  • Scaraway Nursery School
  • Fusion Childcare Services
  • Sgoil-àraich Taobh na Pàirce
  • Galleon Centre
  • Elphinstone Primary
  • Childcare in the Community
  • Linnvale Primary
  • Midlothian Sure Start
  • St Sylvester’s Primary School
  • With Kids
  • Fledglings Childminding Service
  • Musselburgh Burgh Primary School
  • Linthaugh Nursery School
  • East Ayrshire Council
  • North Ayrshire Council
  • Support from the Start Musselburgh Cluster
  • Newton Nursery
  • Enterprise Childcare
  • City of Glasgow College
  • South Ayrshire Council
  • Scottish Book Trust
  • Busy Bairns Childminder
  • Child Central Training
  • Barlanark Out of School Care
  • Kilbarchan AAC
  • Bonding with Baby
  • Maxwellton Park Nursery & OSC
  • Hillwood Primary School
  • Fife Play Resource, Fife Play Development Team, Fife Council
  • Allan’s Nursery
  • Support from the Start Tranent Cluster
  • Gleniffer Nursery
  • Glasgow Caledonian University
  • North United Communities
  • PlayBoard NI
  • Getting Better Together
  • Playland
  • Forest School Leader
  • Giffnock Nursery Class
  • Gargurnnock Play Group
  • Barnardo’s APNA Project
  • The Scottish Parliament
  • Whitburn and District Community Development Trust
  • MACS After School Care
  • Argyll & Bute Council
  • Creative STAR
  • ASH Scotland
  • Lecropt Nursery and Bridge of Allan OOSC
  • Make Mess Matter
  • Caldercuilt Primary School & Nursery
  • Gracemount Nursery
  • Balornock Primary School
  • Adoption UK
  • PlayBase
  • Ark Out of School Care
  • Outdoor Cleghorn
  • Crieff Hydro Kids Club
  • Parenting Across Scotland
  • TIGERS
  • Guildford Borough Council Playrangers
  • Little Scallywags Nursery
  • Rattray Primary School
  • Argyll College
  • Holy Corner Community Playgroup
  • Johnshaven School
  • Bikeability
  • Reidvale Adventure Play Association Limited
  • Inverbrothock OOSC
  • St Ninian’s Primary School
  • Step by Step Nursery
  • Udston Primary School
  • Wardie Primary School
  • Tinto Nursery
  • Clackmannanshire Council
  • Stramash
  • The Concrete Garden
  • Healthy n Happy CDT
  • Shetland College UHI
  • First Nursery
  • Wee Gems
  • Parent Action for Safe Play
  • Aberlour Childcare Trust
  • Maddiston Primary School
  • Loader Monteith
  • Oxfordshire Play Association
  • Shetland Islands Council
  • Early Education UK
  • Fountainhall Nursery
  • NG Homes
  • West Lothian Council
  • Wallyford Primary School
  • East Lothian Play Association
  • Echline Primary School and Nursery Class
  • North Queensferry Primary
  • CHAS
  • Hayburn Park Association
  • Falkirk Community Trust Libraries
  • Child’s Play Nursery
  • Rosetta Early Learners
  • Quarriers
  • Angus Alive
  • Red Harbour Events
  • NHS Health Scotland
  • Aberfoyle Nursery
  • Little Acorns
  • Children’s Health Scotland
  • Emerald Maintenance
  • Gowrie Training and Consultancy
  • Balmore Kindergarten Ltd
  • Alyth OOSC
  • Iona Primary Early Years
  • Meadowburn Primary School
  • Support from the Start North Berwick Cluster
  • ACE Place Nursery and OSC
  • Home-Start Levenmouth
  • Park Primary School
  • NHS Forth Valley
  • Forgandenny Primary School
  • Craigton Primary School
  • Knightswood Primary
  • PLUS Forth Valley Ltd
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • Families First, North Lanarkshire Council
  • Adelaides Nursery
  • University of Strathclyde
  • Biggar Primary School and Nursery
  • Whiteness Primary School
  • Ninewells Nursery
  • Milltimber Playgroup
  • Glebelands Nursery
  • Melrose Primary School
  • St George’s School for Girls
  • Murrayburn Primary School
  • Interactive Play Scotland
  • Parkour UK
  • Tinies
  • Glasgow Life
  • Perth Autism Support
  • Bankhead After School Care Service
  • The Destiny Project
  • Coastguard Club
  • Project 31
  • St Joseph’s Primary School
  • Pentlands Activity Camps (PAC)
  • St Thomas Playgroup
  • Chatelherault Nursery & ASC
  • What’s on Inverbervie Community
  • Edible Estates
  • Orchard Grove Kindergarten
  • Crieff Hydro
  • Croftamie Nursery
  • Play and Sports Limited
  • Grange Primary School
  • Glenbervie Kindergarden
  • Antonine Primary School
  • Dundee and Angus College
  • University of Dundee
  • Castlepark Primary School
  • Scalloway Youth & Community Centre
  • South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture
  • Allsorts Dornoch
  • SPELL
  • Home-Start Edinburgh West and South West
  • Goodlyburn Primary School
  • Cornerstone Nursery
  • Voluntary Action
  • Welly Walkers Childminding
  • Thornlie Primary School
  • Off Grid Kids
  • Stirling ELC
  • Home-Start Kincardine
  • St Charles’ Primary School
  • Newmains Family Learning Centre
  • Heathfield Primary & Early Years Centre
  • Greener Kirkcaldy
  • Ayrshire College
  • Nurture the Play
  • West Johnstone Early Learning and Childcare Centre
  • MyParkScotland
  • Leaps and Bounds Nursery
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • Edinburgh Young Carers Project
  • Doune Nursery
  • West Dunbartonshire Council
  • Play Borders
  • Broomhill OOSC
  • Roots and Shoots Highland Learning
  • Edinburgh College
  • Beech House Nursery
  • Babysign
  • Cairnsmoir Connections
  • Gap Childcare Services
  • Stepping Stones North
  • East Lothian Out of School Care Network
  • Dunblane Youth & Sports Centre Trust
  • Youth Scotland
  • Jennyswell Out of School Care
  • St David’s Primary School
  • Seahorse Nursery
  • Mosstodloch Primary School
  • Family Fund Scotland
  • Upstart Scotland
  • Education Department East Dunbartonshire Council
  • Professional Learning Academy
  • Mud Pie
  • Fife College
  • Cosy Cottage Nursery School
  • Whinhill Primary School
  • Erskine Stewart Melville School
  • East Dunbartonshire Council
  • Twinkle Stars Childcare
  • Tarves Primary School
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Healthy Valleys
  • Living Streets Scotland
  • Cookfur Nursery Class

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