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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

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

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