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Tag: IPA blog

Championing Children’s Rights: Insights from an interesting UNCRC Webinar with Robyn Monro-Miller (IPA) and Philip Jaffé

25 March 2024

I recently had the pleasure of attending an inspiring webinar hosted by Robyn…

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Fiona @ IPA Conference Glasgow 2023

28 June 2023

Glasgow was the host city for the IPA conference and as it’s my…

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Jenny @ IPA Conference Glasgow 2023

20 June 2023

What a week! The International Play Association Conference descended on Glasgow and I for…

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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

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