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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

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