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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

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