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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

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

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