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Tag: NOS

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

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