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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

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

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