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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

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

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