Calls for the right to a healthy environment to be included in new law

Date: 1st March 2021
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) is advocating for the right to a healthy environment to be included in a new human rights law for Scotland. Proposals for the new law are currently being developed by the National Taskforce for Human Rights Leadership .

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New examples of frontline practice in caring for children and young people during COVID-19

Date: 1st March 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

CELCIS has gathered examples of how people are meeting the challenges brought on by this public health emergency in order to inform and inspire others.

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Hame Fae Hame wins Small Business of 2020 Award

Date: 1st March 2021
Category: Social security

H a me Fae H a me is a childcare provider based in Shetland, supported by the Access to Childcare Fund. The award is sponsored by the Times and Lloyds Banking Group.

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Impact of COVID-19 on rural communities in Scotland

Date: 1st March 2021
Category: COVID-19

New research shows 93% of people living in marginalised rural communities in Scotland have ha d their mental health and wellbeing impacted by COVID-19. The research focuses on the key issues faced by LGBTQ+ people, young cares, refugees and asylum seekers living in rural Scotland.

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New COVID-19 survey on siblings who have a disabled brother or sister

Date: 1st March 2021
Category: Disabled children

Sibs wants to hear from parents and carers to discover the impact the pandemic is having on siblings up to the age of 18, who have a brother or sister who has special educational needs or disability or a long-term health condition.

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Resilient, Resourceful and Reimagined: A manifesto to support Scotland’s youth workers and young people

Date: 1st March 2021
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

YouthLink Scotland’s new manifesto asks Scotland’s political parties to commit to three key policy asks ahead of the upcoming election .

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Children’s participation in public decision-making: publish your best practice!

Date: 1st March 2021
Category: Respect for the views of the child

The Centre for Children and Young People’s Participation at the University of Central Lancashire is building an online library of research, evidence and advice developed through participatory projects by and with children. The Centre is asking people to share their examples of best practice.

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UN Committee asks UK for update on key children’s rights issues

Date: 1st March 2021
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

The ‘List of Issues Prior to Reporting’ (LOIPR) highlights many of the concerns that Together members raised in our 2020 report to the UN Committee. The LOIPR will form the basis of the UK and devolved governments’ review by the UN Committee in 2022.

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Catching up on education is putting pressure on children and young people

Date: 1st March 2021
Category: Mental health, Education, including vocational education

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National survey to document the lives of ethnic and religious minorities in a time of crisis

Date: 1st March 2021
Category:

T he Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS) is now live. It seeks to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns are affecting ethnic minority people across England, Scotland and Wales .

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