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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

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

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