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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

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

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