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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

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

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