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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

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

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