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    • Stay Safe
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      • Play Types Toolkit
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    • Playwork
      • The Playwork Principles
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    • Writing a Play Policy
    • Managing Risk
    • Loose Parts Play
    • Training & Events
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    • People, Places and Play
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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

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

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