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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

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

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