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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

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

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