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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

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

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