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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

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

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