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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

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

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