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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

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

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