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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

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

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