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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

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

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