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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

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

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