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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

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

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