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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

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