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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

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

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