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Laura Harrison Playworker

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

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

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