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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

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

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