New Scottish Fund to Benefit Youth Football and Rugby

Date: 15th June 2013
Category:

The Scottish Government has announced a £3.15 million fund to help install a network of full-sized 3G pitches for youth football and rugby development across the country.

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Out of School Care Workforce Survey 2013

Date: 14th June 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Now in its sixth year, the Scottish Out of School Care Network's (SOSCN) annual out of school care workforce survey has been launched, and is an established and anticipated piece of research which allows a more informed picture of the workforce in out of school care.

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Join the Human Rights Tour 2013!

Date: 14th June 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

Join the Human Rights Tour in Scotland as part of the British Institute for Human Rights (BIHR) events being held in 2013, to find out why you need human rights and why human rights need you.

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Commission launches EU Civil Society Platform against trafficking in human beings

Date: 14th June 2013
Category: Right to life, survival and development, Access to appropriate information

Europe needs to work closer together to help the victims of today's slavery; a message delivered through the new EU Civil Society Platform against trafficking in human beings.

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Optional Protocol 3 of the UNCRC: Albania and Spain ratified!

Date: 13th June 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review, General measures of implementation

Albania and Spain both ratified Optional Protocol 3 of the UNCRC, on 29th May and 3rd June 2013 respectively. With these two new ratifications, the optional protocol now counts six States Parties!

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Child poverty in Scotland

Date: 13th June 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Despite official poverty statistics published on 13th June 2013 showing that the number of children living in relative poverty has fallen in Scotland between 2009-10 and 2011-12, Scotland's Deputy First Minister warned that there is no room for complacency.

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Children in Scotland warn of stagnation, not success on child poverty

Date: 13th June 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Children in Scotland warn of stagnation and not success on child poverty, after Scotland's Chief Statistician released the Poverty and Income Inequality figures for Scotland in the year 2011/12 on 13th June 2013.

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Unaccompanied migrant children in the UK: in their best interests?

Date: 12th June 2013
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) haspublished a Report on the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children in the United Kingdom.

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77 NGOs express concerns about the UPR process

Date: 10th June 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

UPR Info, together with 76 NGOs from all over the world, expressed concerns on the 10th June 2013 at Human Rights Council (HRC) 23rd session, about States' practice to modify Working Group Reports in order to weaken them, and called on the HRC President to issue a statement to end such practice.

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Early Years Collaborative: learning session two

Date: 6th June 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

Last week's 'learning session two' of the Early Years Collaborative was packed with activity - with speeches, a sing-along with fathers' group Dads Rock, and valuable inputs from local partners, sharing their stories.

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