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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

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

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