Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A new report reviews policy progress since the 2019 Children’s Right to Food Inquiry. The Inquiry found that inconsistent and insufficient policies were leaving large numbers of children unable to access the food they need, while other policies which seemed adequate on paper, were badly implemented in practice.

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Child poverty

Child Poverty Action Group has partnered with the University of York and University of Birmingham to produce the survey which seeks to understand the challenges parents and carers on low income are facing during the current pandemic. The aim is to document the impact of COVID-19 on these families and help policymakers make better decisions.

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Commissioned by Action for Children, a YouGov survey of over 2000 parents has highlighted the impact of COVID-19 and life in lockdown.

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A new House of Lords Select Committee on COVID-19 is asking for individuals and organisations to share their views on the long-term implications of the pandemic as part of their Life beyond COVID inquiry.

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

The report presents an overview of children’s rights-related progress by and information on the Council of Europe’s actions and achievements under each of the five thematic areas of the Strategy on the Rights of the Child, namely; equal opportunities for all children, participation of all children, a life free from violence for all children, the rights of the child in the digital environment.

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Listen to the latest free podcast on practitioner and parental wellbeing from child development trainer/Consultant Stan Godek.

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Date: 12th August 2020

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The joint call, urges States to make concrete commitments towards realising children’s right to a healthy environment and marks the UN Human Rights Council’s Annual Day on the Rights of the Child on the same theme.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Scottish Government’s Children and Families Analysis Unit has published a briefing paper drawing on research exploring the social and emotional impact of COVID-19 on children and families.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The UN Human Rights Council held its Annual Day on the Rights of the Child on 1st July 2020. For the first time, children human rights defenders spoke in both panels to raise children’s voice and perspectives on the environment.

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

Fundamental Rights Agency’s Fundamental Rights Report 2020 report finds that growing intolerance and attacks on people’s fundamental rights continue to erode the considerable progress of protecting and promoting the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, General principles

Children will feel the largest impact of climate change and yet, despite their vulnerability, children are often overlooked in the design and content of climate policies and related processes. This report aimed to assess and contribute to addressing the gap between current practice and a ‘child-sensitive’ approach to climate policymaking.

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Barnardo’s Scotland has detailed how it has continued to promote, monitor, report and protect the rights of children and young people amid COVID-19. This work was prompted by concerns that children and young people’s participation rights have not been upheld.

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Engender has set out nine evidence-based ideas, challenges, and calls to enable inclusive growth and recovery from COVID-19. They describe features of an economy that works for women as well as men and aims to create better jobs, better decision-making, and a more adequate standard of living for all.

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

This webinar will explore children’s rights issues on the topic of disability, basic health and welfare in Scotland, which will inform our report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Based upon our examination of the UK’s progress implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UN Committee will make recommendations and thereby influencing legislation and policy.

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Thirty organisations have contributed their experience, insight, and analysis to form the Consortium’s submission to Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee Inquiry: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Equalities and Human Rights.

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

This is Children’s Parliament’s third month of running its ‘How are you doing?’ survey, asking 8- to 14-year-olds living in Scotland how they are feeling about life at the moment with the impact of COVID-19.

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Eighty civil society organisations have become signatories to a letter to the First Minister asking to meet and discuss how Scotland can successfully respond to COVID-19, whilst also tackling climate change to #BuildBackBetterScot.

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Research has revealed around one in six adults in Scotland (16%) have done some form of voluntary service since the start of lockdown. More broadly, ten million adults in the UK have come together to support their communities.

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, General principles

The Centre for Children’s Rights at Queen’s University Belfast is seeking the views of children aged 8-17 years old about how their rights have been impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes asking about children’s right to health care, education, play, to be safe and to have their views taken seriously.