Loneliness a Key Concern for Thousands of Children

Date: 2nd May 2017
Category: Mental health

Thousands of young people are reaching out to Childline for help with feelings of loneliness and isolation as they struggle with the pressures of growing up in today's society.

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Report on ‘holiday hunger’

Date: 2nd May 2017
Category: Social security

Children at risk of hunger over the summer include more than 1 million children who receive free school meals during term time and 2 million more with working parents who are still in poverty. The holidays leaves them vulnerable to malnutrition and undermines their education and life chances.

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Human rights response to General Election announcement

Date: 2nd May 2017
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

Many questions have been raised following Theresa May's General Election announcement regarding human rights and protections. Responding to the announcement, the British Institute for Human Rights (BIHR) have written an initial response.

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Protection from child poverty recognised by European Pillar of Social Rights

Date: 2nd May 2017
Category: Child poverty

The European Commission has put forward a proposal for a European Pillar of Social Rights which recognises "children's right to protection from poverty", among others.

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Work-Life balance for working parents and carers

Date: 2nd May 2017
Category: Parental responsibilities

The European Commission has put forward a comprehensive proposal on 'Work-Life balance for working parents and carers'. This package proposes leave schemes as well as provisions of quality, affordable and accessible care services and flexible working arrangements.

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Revised Religious Observance guidance for schools falls short of UN recommendation

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Together has concerns that the revised guidance still falls short of fulfilling the recommendation from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

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Emoji card pilot to help children have their say

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Respect for the views of the child

A new way for children and young people to engage during Children's Hearings is being trialled in two areas of central Scotland from April. Emoji cards will be available as an aid to help children and young people express themselves more fully during Children's Hearing's in Falkirk and Livingston.

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Launch of Care Review website

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Care Experienced children

Fiona Duncan, Chair of the care review, has launched a temporary website with further information about plans for how the initial stages of the review will operate.

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Prevent receives just 16 referrals from Scottish schools in two years

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Non-discrimination, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Figures from TES show that schools have made 16 out of 131 referrals to Prevent since the duty - which imposes a legal requirement on teachers to report suspected extremist behaviour to the authorities - was introduced in Scotland in April 2015.

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‘A third of Scottish children’ have experienced racism

Date: 14th April 2017
Category: Non-discrimination, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

More than a third of children in Scotland experience racism, according to figures from Show Racism the Red Card. The charity, which delivers anti-racism education, says 37% of children and young people say they have been targeted - an increase of 19% from last year.

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