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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

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

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