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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

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

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