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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

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

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