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      • Play Types Toolkit
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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

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

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