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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

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

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