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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

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

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