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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

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

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