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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

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

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