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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

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

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