Date: 25th March 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Royal Caledonian Education Trust has launched its first ever manifesto ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections in May, shaped by the voices of armed forces children and young people from across Scotland.

Date: 1st March 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

CELCIS has gathered examples of how people are meeting the challenges brought on by this public health emergency in order to inform and inspire others.

Date: 12th February 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Scottish Parliament has approved changes to the Children’s Hearings rules to make sure brothers and sisters can take part in hearings that may affect their contact.

Date: 28th January 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

The new volunteers will on the Children's Panel. Children’s Panel members listen and make legal decisions with and for infants, children and young people. They are there to ensure that the young person is at the heart of every decision made.

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: UNCRC Optional Protocols and General Comments, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Awareness-raising

To celebrate the #YearOfChildhood, Together’s #RightsResolution for 2021 is to create weekly children’s rights infographics for our members to use and share.

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, including vocational education, Civil Rights and Freedoms

The report covers why members feel it is important for their human rights to be protected in law, policy, and practice. The report also includes recommendations for change.

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: COVID-19, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

In May 2020, the Centre for Children’s Rights from Queen’s University Belfast launched a survey for those aged eight to 17 to understand their “Life under Coronavirus”. Eight thematic briefings have been released to examine its findings.

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: Social security, Mental health, Child poverty, Health and health services, COVID-19, Recreation, play and cultural activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

COVID-19 has exacerbated the precariousness of many care leavers’ situations, and amplified the inconsistencies that exist in relation to support and services. This briefing highlights some of the key issues alongside several recommendations. 

Date: 27th October 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Care experienced people of all ages are encouraged to share their experiences of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The views gathered will enable Who Cares? Scotland to give evidence to Scottish Government, its committees and The Promise.

Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Child poverty, Family Environment and Alternative Care

COVID-19 is a global health crisis with significant economic and social costs. This paper seeks to further the understanding of what this crisis means for children and their families in Southern and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Date: 9th October 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Scotland’s first national standards for secure care set out what support children and young people should expect when in, or on the edges of, secure care.

Date: 22nd September 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Respect for the views of the child

The young people will help to inform a series of images for Children’s Hearings Scotland’s Panel Member recruitment campaign.

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

This study explores the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on family life across cultures. Findings will be used to inform policies, programmes, and supports for families. Parents or carers of children under 18 years old are encouraged to participate.

Date: 20th August 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

Eight key policy briefings have been developed to highlight areas of human rights concern during the COVID-19 pandemic and identify how rights can be used to inform Scotland’s recovery.

Date: 20th August 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Children (Scotland) Bill seeks to introduce changes on how disputes within families over the care of a child are resolved. Stage 2 amendments have been made and the final stage of the Bill is now imminent.

Date: 20th August 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

This bulletin explores the human rights implications of member states’ measures to tackle COVID-19 between 1st-30th June 2020. 

Date: 6th August 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

A new report has captured the experiences of young people, parents, carers, and professionals in relation to virtual Children’s Hearings which have taken place over lockdown. It highlights that the move to online hearings has created challenges for ensuring the meaningful participation of the child and their families.

Date: 6th August 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A survey by Sibs has found that COVID-19 has led to increased caring responsibilities, isolation and poorer mental health issues for siblings of disabled children.

Date: 6th August 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Lawyers acting on behalf of children in England who have been denied visits and video contact with an imprisoned parent have taken the first step of legal action claiming that the lack of contact breaches children’s human rights.

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Funding

The funding, announced by Deputy First Minister John Swinney, is part of an overhaul of the care system pledged by Scottish Government following the Independent Care Review. The fund will be used to support children and families and help them stay together.