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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

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

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