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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

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