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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

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

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