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2 July 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

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

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