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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

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

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