Chid Trafficking Survey

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.

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The Endrick Trust

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.

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Cerebra Grants

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.

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The Percy Bilton Charity

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.

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Equipment Fund for people with epilepsy

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.

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Interfaith Web Forum launched

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.

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State of Children’s Rights report launch & Together AGM

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.

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Knife crime initiative rolled out

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.

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What Matters To You? Research with children and young people

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.

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Boy who communicates by blinking wins Brit Writer Award

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.

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