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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

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

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