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21 November 2023

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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

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