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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

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

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