National Youth Work Awards 2026

Date: 20th January 2026
Category: Planning and community, Recreation, play and cultural activities

The National Youth Work Awards 2026 are open for nominations! This is your chance to recognise and celebrate the youth workers, projects and youth work organisations transforming young lives across Scotland. From innovative initiatives to inspiring mentors, we want to hear about the impactful work making a difference for Scotland’s young people.

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Chickenpox vaccine rollout

Date: 20th January 2026
Category: Babies and early years, Health and health services

From January 2026 onwards, NHS Scotland introduces the new MMRV vaccination to the routine childhood schedule, which is to provide children with immunity from measles, mumps, rubella and chicken pox.

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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Date: 20th January 2026
Category: General measures of implementation, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill has entered the Report Stage in the House of Lords. Together has been working with our sister organisation – Child Rights Alliance England (CRAE) – to embed legal protections for children’s rights at UK level.

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European Parliament’s Anti-Poverty Strategy Report: civil society coalition demands strong approval in plenary

Date: 20th January 2026
Category: Child poverty

The European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) adopted its position on the Developing a New EU Anti-Poverty Strategy report. Civil society groups united under the Coalition on the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy have issued a joint statement urging Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to support this ambitious position in the upcoming plenary vote scheduled for January 2026.

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A youth-friendly version of the UNCRC recommendations helps children discuss their rights

Date: 20th January 2026
Category: General measures of implementation, Access to appropriate information

Eurochild highlights the work by its Finnish member, the Central Union for Child Welfare (CUCW) to ensure children have access to clear, age-appropriate information and can meaningfully participate in monitoring their rights.

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Family Law Consultation

Date: 20th January 2026
Category: Awareness-raising, Best interests of the child

Closing Date: 21 st April 2026

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Kinship Care Consultation

Date: 20th January 2026
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Closing Date: 21 February 2026

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The Scottish Budget 2026-27

Date: 20th January 2026
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Scottish Government has published its budget for 2026-27, which for many families with children carries a message of targeted support amid continuing financial pressures and tight public finances.

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Call for inputs: curriculum, pedagogy and assessment at the service of the right to education

Date: 15th December 2025
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Special Rapporteur on the right to education intends to take stock of the implementation of international standards and guidelines, national legislation and policies, as well as promising practices, aimed to ensure that the substantive content of the right to education is conceived, designed and implemented with the view to guarantee the full enjoyment of the right to education for all.

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Eurochild reacts to new Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse

Date: 15th December 2025
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect, Equal protection from assault, Sexual abuse and exploitation

Eurochild has commented on the European Council’s newly agreed position on the EU Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse (CSAR), marking a big step forward on rules that require online services to prevent, report and remove child sexual abuse material and solicitation of children.

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