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2 July 2024

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15 May 2024

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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

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

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