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      • Play Types Toolkit
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      • The Playwork Principles
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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

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

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