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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

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

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