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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

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

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