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

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