Discover Scottish Childminding Association’s three-year strategy

Date: 28th May 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Strategy includes fifteen actions, covering: membership, policy, representation and influencing, workforce, learning and quality, children and families and value of childminding.

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Did Scottish public authorities consider human rights during the pandemic?

Date: 28th May 2021
Category: COVID-19

This report uncovered the human rights considerations from 48 public authorities using Freedom of Information requests.

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Young people’s views sought on children’s hearings

Date: 28th May 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

CELCIS wants to identify and create ways to improve children and young people’s experiences when taking part in a hearing. To do this, the Voice and Inclusion Project has been set up for children and young people with care experience to come together to work with CELCIS to share their ideas. If you know a child or a young person aged 12-26 who would like to get involved, get in touch with CELCIS today!

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Police publish new Equality Outcomes

Date: 28th May 2021
Category: UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

New joint Equality Outcomes have been published to act in line with the Equality Act 2010, thereby eliminating discrimination, harassment and victimisation, whilst advancing equal opportunities for individuals with protected characteristics.

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Young children’s experience of lockdown

Date: 28th May 2021
Category: COVID-19

Sharing young children and families’ experiences of living on low incomes throughout the pandemic, Save the Children hopes to inform practice on how we can best support families as Scotland begins to recover from the pandemic.

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Together’s commitment to outdoor play and learning

Date: 28th May 2021
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

Together supports Thrive Outdoors’s position statement expressing the value of outdoor play and learning on children and young people’s health and wellbeing.

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Impact on islands communities of free bus travel for young people under 22

Date: 28th May 2021
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Closing date: 21 st June 2021

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Together co-hosts webinar on children’s right to a healthy environment

Date: 28th May 2021
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Students from Edinburgh University’s Human Rights Clinic presented a valuable webinar looking into legal and non-legal frameworks that can protect, respect and fulfil children’s Right to a healthy environment; how to improve participation of children in environmental issues; and how to enhance children’s access to justice in environmental issues.

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Together raises concerns over New Plan for Immigration

Date: 14th May 2021
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

We have supported a joint letter by the Scottish Refugee Council and responded to the UK Government’s consultation to highlight children’s human rights concerns.

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Together welcomes Student Legal Researcher, Siti!

Date: 14th May 2021
Category:

Joining Together on placement, Siti will be completing a research project analysing the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 from a children’s rights perspective. Siti will be drawing out learning from this Act to inform Scotland’s implementation of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill.

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