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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

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