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      • Play Types Toolkit
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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

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

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