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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

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

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