Events

Children in Scotland is hosting a free networking event for people working across the children’s sector. This event will provide an opportunity to meet others, share ideas and discuss issues affecting children, young people and families.

Getting children’s rights right: Proactively implementing children’s rights from the outset

Date: 10th December 2026
Time: 10:00 – 11:30am GMT
Location: Microsoft Teams

Join Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights) for the second session of our 2026/2027 webinar series, designed to support those working with and for children to embed children’s rights in their practice. Using learning from our 2026 State of Children’s Rights Report, evidence from our membership and international reflections to grapple with how children’s rights can be implemented by drawing on the five principles of a Children’s Human Rights Approach: embedding, equality and non-discrimination, empowerment, participation and accountability.

Responding to children’s rights issues: What happens when something goes wrong

Date: 4th February 2027
Time: 2:00 - 3:30pm GMT
Location: Microsoft Teams

Join Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights) for the third session of our 2026/2027 webinar series, designed to support those working with and for children to embed children’s rights in their practice. Using learning from our 2026 State of Children’s Rights Report, evidence from our membership and international reflections to grapple with how children’s rights can be implemented by drawing on the five principles of a Children’s Human Rights Approach: embedding, equality and non-discrimination, empowerment, participation and accountability.

Save the date! Children in Scotland’s 2027 annual conference

Date: 25th May 2027 to 26th May 2027
Time:
Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central

Cost: variable ticket price.

International Conference 2027 – Children’s Rights and Shared Parenting

Date: 8th September 2027 to 10th September 2027
Time:
Location: Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow

Shared Parenting Scotland has been selected to host the 2027 conference of the International Council on Shared Parenting (ICSP).