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      • Play Types Toolkit
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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

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

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