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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

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

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