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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

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

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