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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

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

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