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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

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

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