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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

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

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