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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

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

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