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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

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

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