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Tag: play pedagogy

Unveiling the Play Pedagogy Award Pilot: Embracing Play Across Scotland

27 May 2024

Exciting news ahead for Play Pedagogy in Scotland! We’re thrilled to announce the…

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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

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

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