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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

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

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