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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

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