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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

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

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