Date: 27th August 2010
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care

New lesson plans on homelessness and bad housing are now available for Early and First level pupils as part of Shelter Scotland's popular interactive classroom kit.

Date: 27th August 2010
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Thinkuknow is an education initiative which promotes internet safety for children and young people in the UK.

Date: 25th August 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The coalition government's first Budget has hit the poorest families hardest, a leading economic think tank has said.

Date: 17th August 2010
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A "non-graduate talent pool" would benefit business and at-risk young people.

Date: 16th August 2010
Category: Funding

The Women's Fund for Scotland (WFS) is dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls across Scotland. It raises money from individuals and organisations, which is then distributed through grants to charities and community groups working with and for women.

Date: 16th August 2010
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Youth organisations in the UK can apply for this Fund which aims to encourage co operation among young people in Europe by providing financial support for youth activities that promote peace, understanding and respect.

Date: 16th August 2010
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Individual young people living in Scotland (or their representative groups) can apply for the Mark Scott Leadership for Life Award which helps develop the talents of young people (aged 16-18) living in Scotland by bringing people from diverse groups together, and training them to deliver a community project.

Date: 16th August 2010
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The James Weir Foundation supports a wide range of charitable activities including those relating to education, welfare, health and well-being and support for people with a disability.

Date: 13th August 2010
Category: Respect for the views of the child

Citizens Advice Scotland would like to hear from you if you are aged between 16 and 25, live in Scotland, and feel that you have been affected by the recession.

Date: 13th August 2010
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children, Access to appropriate information

Professor Wallace and a team, including other members of the Centre for Rural Childhood, Perth College UHI and colleagues from the Universities of Cumbria and Stirling have been commissioned by Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People to conduct a scoping study into the extent and nature of child trafficking into and within Scotland. The research findings will be published in December.

Date: 13th August 2010
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The Endrick Trust is a Scottish Charitable Trust established in 1984 for the purpose of distributing the Trust Funds, capital and revenue, in such proportions and at such time as the Trustees in their sole discretion shall deem expedient amongst such charitable institutions in the United Kingdom as the Trustees may select and/or any charitable cause which the Trustees shall deem particularly worthy of support.

Date: 13th August 2010
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Cerebra is a grant scheme which offers direct and practical assistance to improve the quality of life of children and young people affected by neurological conditions.

Date: 13th August 2010
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The Percy Bilton Charity offers grants to UK registered charities whose primary objectives are to assist disadvantaged youth, people with disabilities and older people.

Date: 13th August 2010
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SEI will provide a Netbook and internet access to young people with epilepsy aged 13 -19 wishing to access their online social networking site, The TEA Room.

Date: 13th August 2010
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Equal protection from violence

An online interfaith discussion forum has been launched by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS). The Interfaith web forum is the first of its kind to be used by police forces and partnership agencies across Scotland to gather opinions from young people of all faiths.

Date: 11th August 2010
Category: UK 1st periodic review

You are warmly invited to the launch of the Together's "State of Children's Rights" report, followed by our AGM from 10.15am-13.30pm on Thursday 2nd September at the King James by Thistle Hotel Leith Street, Edinburgh.

Date: 5th August 2010
Category: Equal protection from violence

A campaign to make young people aware of the dangers and consequences of carrying a knife will be rolled out to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Clackmannanshire after a successful pilot.

Date: 26th July 2010
Category: Disabled children, Respect for the views of the child

The fSDC liaison project has teamed up with LTCAS to carry out research with children and young people. If you work with children and young people with a long term condition or disability, we want to know what matters to them.

Date: 21st July 2010
Category: Disabled children

Ten year old Adam Bojelian who contributed earlier this year to Together's "What Can the UNCRC Do for You" seminar in Glasgow, talking by blinking on video about Article 12 UNCRC as part of the workshop "Listening to Children with A Disability", won one of the first ever Brit Writers Awards.

Date: 21st July 2010
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The Mansion Trust makes grants to both individuals and projects within the UK.