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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

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

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