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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

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