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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

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

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