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Tag: Summer of play

Summer of Connection: Play Scotland x Wee Seeds

25 June 2024

Feels like summer is meant to be a time to relax, and enjoy…

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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

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

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