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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

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

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