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    • Stay Safe
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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

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

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