Strategic Plan 2024 - 2032

Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights) is delighted to launch our new Strategic Plan for 2024 – 2032!

Our strategic plan is a declaration of our commitment and a plan for action. Our three strategic priorities reflect a holistic approach to achieving our vision, focusing on proactive measures, responsive actions, and building the strength of the children’s rights community to ensure the rights of every baby, child and young person in Scotland.

We would like to thank everyone who has supported Together over the past 25 years and got us to this stage. With a ‘to do’ list from the UN Committee and the power of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024, Together commits to work tirelessly to ensure that rights are not only recognised in law but become a lived reality for all babies, children and young people in Scotland - that Scotland becomes a place where all babies, children and young people can grow up in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding.

Annual Report 2023-24: Reflecting on a year of progress

We are pleased to share our Annual Report 2023-24, which highlights a year of significant developments in the promotion and protection of children’s rights across Scotland.

Throughout this period, Together and its members worked tirelessly to support the full incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law.

Looking back, we are proud of the progress made in 2023-24. We are grateful for the support of our members, funders, and partners, whose collaboration has been essential in advancing children’s rights in Scotland.

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OUT NOW - our child-friendly version of the Human Rights Bill Consultation Analysis

On Thursday the 21^stof March 2024, we published our child-friendly version of Scottish Governments Consultation Analysis Report. This report is the fourth in the series and shares what the Scottish Government asked, how people answered and what children and young people told us during our Investigations.

The Rights Detectives are a group of children and young people aged 12-17 who are passionate about defending human rights. For the last 21 months, they have been receiving missions from Scottish Government and carrying out investigations with children and young people across Scotland to help shape a new Human Rights Bill for Scotland!

Access Child-Friendly Version of the Human Rights Bill Consultation Analysis

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Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) Annual Report 2023-24: Reflecting on a year of progress

20th September 2024 — Policies & procedures
Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) Annual Report 2023-24: Reflecting on a year of progress

We are pleased to share our Annual Report 2023-24, which highlights a year of significant developments in the promotion and protection of children’s rights across Scotland.

20th August 2024 — General measures of implementation

Joint letter calls for children’s right to opt out from religious observance in schools

In a joint letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills Jenny Gilruth MSP, Humanist Society Scotland teamed up with Together to call for an end to compulsory religious worship in state schools.

20th August 2024 — General measures of implementation

New report: “it’s not just their job, it’s our whole lives”

This report by Forces Children Scotland outlines how the rights of children and young people from armed forces families are affected in the areas of protection, provision and participation rights. Children from armed forces families face barriers to their rights due to their parent’s service.

20th August 2024 — General measures of implementation

Children’s rights and independent advocacy

This article is about children’s right to independent advocacy. Children with mental health issues have a legal right to this service in Scotland. However, CAPS notes that most children can’t access it. The incorporation of the UNCRC into Scots law is an important step forward for children’s rights – it is important that those rights can be realised.

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