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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

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

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