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    • Stay Safe
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      • Play Types Toolkit
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    • Playwork
      • 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

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

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