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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

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

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