Date: 10th February 2012
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The trust considers most types of charitable activities, but priority is generally given to support organisations that focus on the alleviation of child suffering and deprivation.

Date: 7th February 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Parents should be banned from smacking their children because of the risk that "today's smack will become tomorrow's punch", the Royal College of Paediatrics has warned.

Date: 23rd January 2012
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Stonewall Scotland are looking for young lesbian, gay and bisexual people aged 11-19 to fill in their survey about what life is like for them at school.

Date: 20th January 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The National Youth Worker of the Year Awards 2012 aim to celebrate and recognise outstanding service and performance by managers, youth workers and peer educators in the youth work sector.

Date: 18th January 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Free play opportunities for Scotland's children will be increased following a £3 million investment from the Scottish Government.

Date: 13th January 2012
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The VAW Fund will assist in the development of measures to tackle all forms of violence against women. These may be projects which deliver frontline services, or build capacity in local partnerships to strengthen responses to violence against women.

Date: 13th January 2012
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Young People between the ages of 16 - 24 that wish to make a positive difference within their community can apply for grants of up to £2,000 through the Starbucks Youth Action programme.

Date: 13th January 2012
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The Equality Unit is inviting applications to the Equality Fund for 2012-15. The Equality Fund incorporates the former Race Religion & Refugee Integration Fund as well as elements of Gender Funding and Disability/BSL Funding.

Date: 5th January 2012
Category: Respect for the views of the child

The Scottish Government is consulting on how to ensure that every child and young person has their voice heard in decisions that affect them.

Date: 3rd January 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Enquire recently interview the Youth Commission on Bullying, a group of young people in the Scottish Borders who have been appointed to research the views of people in their community about bullying in all its forms, including racism, homophobia and cyber bullying.

Date: 22nd December 2011
Category: UK 1st periodic review, General measures of implementation

Back in December 2011, thousands of children across the country sent messages to the Prime Minister on cardboard and paper footprints, to mark the start of a year of action on children's rights - the Right Year for Children.

Date: 22nd December 2011
Category: General measures of implementation

Baroness Massey, a Trustee of UNICEF UK, argues that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child should become part of domestic UK legislation.

Date: 21st December 2011
Category: General measures of implementation, UK 1st periodic review

The UN General Assembly has adopted the new Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child establishing a complaints mechanism for children.

Date: 12th December 2011
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The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust which awards grants to charitable organisations in the United Kingdom and overseas has announced that due to the current economic climate and the increase in the number of applications they have been receiving, the decision has been made to make no further grants to overseas projects after 2012.

Date: 12th December 2011
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Alex Neil, Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment set out the Scottish Government's blueprint for tackling Scotland's areas of deprivation and poverty.

Date: 12th December 2011
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The Scottish Government has made a short break fund of £2millions available for short breaks for disabled children, young people and their families.

Date: 9th December 2011
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 makes provision for the implementation of secure accommodation authorisations. The draft regulations set out the process for the chief social work officer when deciding whether to implement or not a secure accommodation authorisation or remove a child from secure accommodation.

Date: 7th December 2011
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The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund is inviting applications from charity organisations for projects that support carers, community arts and education disability, older people, poverty, integration and rehabilitation.

Date: 7th December 2011
Category: General measures of implementation

Angela Constance has been named as the Minister for Youth Employment, following the First Minister's announcement of the new post last week.

Date: 30th November 2011
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, General measures of implementation

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) contains legally binding obligations in relation to the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health (art. 24).