Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Funding

Closing date: 9th September 2022

Date: 7th July 2022
Category: Respect for the views of the child

You are invited to take part in this survey if you are an organisation who works with young people and supports them to share their views on issues that matter to them! The aim of conducting this survey is to better understand how organisations successfully support young people to influence decision-making and identify what barriers there are.

Date: 4th July 2022
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Representatives from across Scotland’s third-sector have united in their condemnation of the UK Government’s Rights Removal Bill.

Date: 1st July 2022
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

Alongside Children’s Rights Alliance for England, part of Just for Kids Law, Children in Wales and the Children's Law Centre, we have written to the Commissioner for Human Rights. Within our letter, we highlight our concerns over the repeal of the Human Rights Act with the Rights Removal Bill. 

Date: 10th June 2022
Category: Equal protection from violence, Child justice system

The joint letter, coordinated by CYCJ and supported by 19 organisations, says that children who are accused of offending behaviour should also be supported through the Bairns’ Hoose, as well as child victims and witnesses.

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

We’re looking to write a report on the state of children’s rights in Scotland and share this with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Our report will inform the UN Committee's recommendations on what the Scottish and UK governments should be doing to better respect, protect and fulfil children’s rights. To help gather an on-the-ground picture of children’s rights in Scotland, we really need to hear from children, young people and YOU!

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Discover the journey, learning and impact of the work of the Climate Changemakers from October 2020 to February 2022. Climate Changemakers are children across Scotland who are working to have their say in climate action! They have made recommendations for the future realisation of children’s rights in the context of the climate action and deliberative democracy.

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: Education, including vocational education

Scottish Government has announced funding to enable UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools programme to be delivered to 2,400 primary and secondary state schools across Scotland. This funding will last for three years and will work to embed children’s rights into schools’ ethos and further their understanding.

Date: 9th June 2022
Category:

Expected to succeed Judith Robertson, Iain Duddy will be taking up the role of Chair later this month. As a former ambassador and a senior civil servant, Iain Duddy has worked at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, led the Human Rights and Rule of Law Department at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and worked in areas of justice, religious freedom and modern slavery.

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

Recruitment for this year’s #IWill Ambassador cohort is now open! This is a fantastic way to celebrate the incredible contributions that young people aged 12 -25 are making in their communities, society and the environment. You can get involved by encouraging children and young people you work with to apply to be an Ambassador or take to social media to celebrate the #PowerOfYouth.

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: General measures of implementation

The National Taskforce for Human Rights Leadership looked at whether Scotland should incorporate different human rights conventions into Scots law. Its report included a recommendation that a new human rights framework should recognise human dignity as the underpinning value of all human rights. This new research assesses the impact of talking about ‘dignity’ when it comes to creating a human rights culture.

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

You are invited to share your stories of childhood play with Licketyspit. In doing so, this will highlight just how well adults remember and value play in their childhoods. In turn, demonstrating the importance of play being at the centre of Scotland’s movement to embed children’s rights into law.

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: Awareness-raising

Discover the outcome of a survey of parents across Scotland in 2021 which explored their awareness, knowledge and views of children’s rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Discover how successful 43 countries across the globe are providing a healthy environment for children. This report card includes information such as whether children have clean drinking water, good quality air, mould- and lead- free homes and access to green play spaces. 

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: Mental health

Closing date: 20th June 2022

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: General principles

Closing date: 30th June 2022

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: Education, including vocational education

Closing date: 18th July 2022

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: Incorporation

Originally known as the Interim Children and Young People’s Consortium, Rights Right Now! was a pilot project with children and young people that Together led. The project aimed to support meaningful and inclusive participation of children as Scotland moves to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Date: 9th June 2022
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Discover the experience and reflections of university students who experienced the break-up of their parents’ relationship during their childhood. A key discovery gives light to the lack of support available to young people struggling with their new arrangements post-separation.

Date: 9th June 2022
Category:

Mary is currently an undergrad at the University of St Andrews studying Computer Science. She hopes to expand on her interest and knowledge of the third sector by working with our wonderful membership team! Judi has joined Together as part of her master’s research report focusing on different state approaches to incorporation of the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. We are delighted to have Mary join us at Together!