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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

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

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