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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

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

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