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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

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

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