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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

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

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