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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

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

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