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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

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

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