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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

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

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