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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

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

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