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    • Stay Safe
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      • Play Types Toolkit
      • Active Uniform Alliance: Made to Move
    • Playwork
      • The Playwork Principles
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    • Writing a Play Policy
    • 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

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

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