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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

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

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