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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

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

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