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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

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

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