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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

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

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