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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

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

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