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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

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

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