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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

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

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