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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

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

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