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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

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

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