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Tag: National Occupational Standards for playwork

2024/25 Review of the National Occupational Standards for Playwork (NOS)

17 June 2024

We are pleased to announce that the UK Playwork NOS Consortium has been…

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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

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

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