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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

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