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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

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

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