Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Special protection measures

The Upstream Prevention Pack includes six leaflets which have up to date practical resources to help parents, carers and professionals prevent child sexual abuse.

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Listen to the latest free podcast on practitioner and parental wellbeing from child development trainer/Consultant Stan Godek.

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Date: 12th August 2020

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Slides from Together’s recent UNCRC 2020 webinar series are now available online. These webinars have helped build a picture of the current state of children’s rights in Scotland. Together is now seeking your views in a survey to help shape our report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, highlighting priority children’s rights issues in Scotland.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: General measures of implementation

The General Measures of Implementation webinar is now available to sign up to and will take place on Friday 17th of July 2020 from 9:30-11:00. This webinar will explore how children’s rights are implemented in Scotland with a focus on the general measures governments can use to ensure children’s rights are respected and realised across legislation, policy and practice.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

In a joint letter coordinated by the British Institute for Human Rights, a group of Scottish organisations have written to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee to raise concerns over the use of emergency powers granted in UK and Scottish Coronavirus legislation. The letter also highlights concerns over transparency of communications and clarity on how these powers are monitored and reviewed.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

‘Being Heard’ was one of the largest studies undertaken in 2018 into young people’s engagement within Scottish local authorities. This new report, tracking developments one year on, finds local authorities have made progress towards improving the role of young people in decision-making, despite cuts to councils’ youth service budgets. However, in many cases youth-engagement is still not enough and therefore, the report makes 10 recommendations.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

Scottish Government has made several changes to allow more social interaction for children. These include changes announced by the First Minister on 2nd July, with further changes announced on 9th July.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

Scottish Government published qualitative evidence on the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on people experiencing domestic abuse and other forms of violence against women and girls during March to May 2020.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Education, including vocational education

Connect’s survey asked parents and carers how they felt about their child going back to school or nursery in August, about part-time schooling and about how they are in general.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

Zero Tolerance has published its Annual Report for 2019-20 which features the organisation’s highlights and success over the last year.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Health and health services

This survey for 16-24-year olds aims to improve condom and contraceptive services and support in Scotland. It hopes to better understand why young people in Scotland do or don’t use condoms and contraception for sexual intercourse.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The joint call, urges States to make concrete commitments towards realising children’s right to a healthy environment and marks the UN Human Rights Council’s Annual Day on the Rights of the Child on the same theme.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Disabled children

In September 2019, the Deputy First Minister commissioned a review into implementation of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 following concerns raised by families and schools about the effectiveness and availability of support for children and young people under the Act.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Children in situations of exploitation

Scottish Government’s 2016-20 National Action Plan to Prevent and Tackle Child Sexual Exploitation set out a range of actions to improve the child protection landscape and create a hostile place for perpetrators. This is the final delivery report for the 2016-20 period and sets out the achievements made by organisations, professionals and invested parties since 2016, as well as where work continues to be delivered to tackle child sexual exploitation.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Scottish Government’s Children and Families Analysis Unit has published a briefing paper drawing on research exploring the social and emotional impact of COVID-19 on children and families.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Child poverty

Improvement Service has developed a short paper considering the impact of COVID-19 on child poverty and how local authorities and health boards can use Local Child Poverty Action Reports to address the challenges that lie ahead.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Care Review has published its Evidence Framework which documents the research and evidence which was collated and analysed as part of the review.

Date: 10th July 2020
Category: Child poverty

The report examines how a public health approach can be used to address the impacts of adverse childhood experiences though early interventions, which can help protect children from early adversity and build resilience.

Date: 10th July 2020
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Youth Justice Legal Centre has created a guide to help lawyers navigate the different rules applying to children turning 18 in the criminal justice system. The Centre has also written a report which analyses the inequities that arise for children who turn 18 between offence and prosecution and makes proposals for policy and practice reform.