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    • Stay Safe
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      • Play Types Toolkit
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      • The Playwork Principles
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    • Managing Risk
    • Loose Parts Play
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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

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

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