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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

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

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