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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

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

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