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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

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

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