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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

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

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