Date: 3rd June 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

Member States will need to step up their efforts to improve childcare provisions, if the EU is to reach its 75% employment rate target by 2020, said the European Commission in a report released on the 3rd June 2013.

Date: 30th May 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

The new General comment No. 14 (2013) on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration (article 3, paragraph 1) is now available on the Committee's web site.

Date: 28th May 2013
Category:

Respectme are once again offering Youth Scotland youth groups the opportunity to apply for up to £1000 of respectme funding to promote anti-bullying activities during National Anti-Bullying Week!

Date: 28th May 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Aimed at young people aged 14 to 17 in Scotland, these Awards give young people the opportunity to work with a professional writer, helping them to improve their writing and learn more about the publishing industry.

Date: 28th May 2013
Category: Respect for the views of the child

This new blog site is an opportunity for those involved in working with young people to contribute their views, policy ideas and constructive criticism on a regular basis.

Date: 28th May 2013
Category:

The National Voluntary Youth Organisations Support Fund 2013-14 is now open for applications.

Date: 27th May 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

Eight new members were welcomed and a new Chairperson was elected as the Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its 63rd session in Geneva on the 27th May 2013.

Date: 24th May 2013
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

The UK has been criticised by the Human Rights Council for its low minimum age of criminal responsibility; the high numbers of children in prison; the increase in the use of restraints against children in detention and a lack of willingness by the Government to protect children from physical punishment in the home.

Date: 21st May 2013
Category: General measures of implementation, UK 1st periodic review

The Committee has now issued a call for evidence for the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill, and the closing date for written submissions is 26th July 2013.

Date: 21st May 2013
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For a third year in a row, Property Management Company Ross and Liddell is offering its annual community bursary programme to groups in Scotland.

Date: 20th May 2013
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Children's Minister Aileen Campbell has written to all foster families in Scotland, recognising their energy and dedication in improving the lives of vulnerable children.

Date: 8th May 2013
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

The Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children has published its latest newsletter, which covers a new report on corporal punishment legislation in the European Union, a new review of research on the effects of corporal punishment and new laws towards prohibition in schools, among other features.

Date: 8th May 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

Applications for Together's vacanices are now closed.

Date: 8th May 2013
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

A survey investigating family-friendly working policies in companies in six European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden, UK) finds that employers take family-friendly working seriously and have put in place a range of policies to support this, especially in areas such as flexible working and parental support.

Date: 1st May 2013
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Celebrate, a new £4 million fund set up to support Scots to celebrate their part in the Commonwealth before, during and after the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, has opened.

Date: 30th April 2013
Category:

A £25 million Regeneration Capital Grants Fund has been developed in partnership with local authorities and will help to transform disadvantaged areas across Scotland.

Date: 30th April 2013
Category:

Child Soldiers International makes the case for raising the minimum age of army recruitment to 18 (currently set at 16) in the British armed forces, in a new report published in April 2013.

Date: 29th April 2013
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A massive investment into a new trust by the Big Lottery Fund in Scotland this week is set to transform two priority areas of social care in Scotland.

Date: 26th April 2013
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The Scottish Guardianship Service, delivered in partnership between Aberlour Childcare Trust and Scottish Refugee Council, has helped to support more than 100 unaccompanied young people going through the asylum system, some of who are victims of trafficking.

Date: 24th April 2013
Category: UK 1st periodic review

To reflect the growth of their activities over the past 30 years, beyond the Convention on the Rights of the Child to all areas of child rights, the NGO Group for the CRC have changed their name to Child Rights Connect.