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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

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

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