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Tag: OPAL

Ask your MSP to support the Outdoor Play and Learning Motion!

1 September 2026

  Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland has submitted a motion to…

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Castlefield Primary achieves Outdoor Play and Learning Award

30 June 2026

East Kilbride, Scotland – Castlefield School will be formally presented with the Outdoor…

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How Amazing Playtimes Develop Language in Primary School Children

25 June 2024

It is fair to say that my job is pretty enjoyable. I work…

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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

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

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