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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

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

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