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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

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

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