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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

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

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