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Links: International Organizations

ContinYou, based in the United Kingdom, works with a range of professional people, organisations and agencies to enhance what they do to change lives through learning. They strive to link education and lifelong learning with health, and with work to regenerate communities. ContinYou works to offer opportunities to people who have gained the least from formal education and training.

The Scottish Out of School Care Network is the lead organisation promoting quality school-aged childcare in Scotland. It promotes good quality in Scotland's 800+ out of school care clubs providing over 25,000 places and believes that good quality childcare can benefit children, parents and the community. It supports the right to play and the development of a playcare training infrastructure, and aims to support equal opportunities and work in partnership. It works with children, government and develops links with childcare organisations worldwide to share good practices.

Early Childhood Australia's site provides online resources about school age children from Early Childhood Australia, the peak advocacy organization for the early years in Australia. The Supporting Best Practice section of the Early Childhood Australia website contains links to hundreds of fact sheets, articles and papers; and every resource has been quality assured by Early Childhood Australia.

Featured Resources

NIOST is pleased to be among the forces behind the new site, SparkAction.org, an online journalism and advocacy center by and for the child and youth field. SparkAction brings together three high-traffic websites -- Connect for Kids, the Youth Policy Action Center and the National Youth Development Information Center -- to form a one-stop site for stories, news and resources across a range of child and youth issues, and high-tech, interactive tools to make your voice heard.

Check it out and subscribe to the biweekly e-newsletter, The Update, and see how it can help you make a difference!

SparkAction is managed by the Forum for Youth Investment in partnership with the National Collaboration for Youth and the Campaign for Youth, and with the support of a range of organizations across the country. Join the us!

The American Camp Association ® (ACA) is a national nonprofit association working to preserve, promote, and enhance the camp experience for children and adults. ACA endorses camp as an essential element in a child's total development. It complements the academic skills that are learned in school with experimentially-based life skills. With up to 300 health, safety, and programming standards, ACA is the only national association that accredits camps. ACA-Accredited® camp programs ensure that children are provided with a diversity of educational and developmentally challenging learning opportunities.

For more information on Camps as Out-of-School Time Learning Opportunities click here.