Date: 8th June 2012
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The Scottish Government is consulting on how Scotland's architecture and places can help provide a better quality of life and better position Scotland on the world stage. Consultation to 7 September 2012.

Date: 8th June 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Reform Scotland the Centre for Scottish Public Policy set up this commission to consider whether the school system in Scotland is meeting the present and future needs of young people and to make specific recommendations as to how things might be improved or areas that require further enquiry.

Date: 8th June 2012
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Creative Scotland and Young Scot have announced that the Creative Enterprise Fund is open for applications. The fund aims to support activities that allow young people aged 15-22 to flourish within the creative industries.

Date: 8th June 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Children's Parliament has received a Realising Ambition award of £319,965 to deliver and expand activities like the recent StreetsAhead project to benefit 1,600 children in schools in the north east of Glasgow.

Date: 7th June 2012
Category: General measures of implementation

The Scottish Government's new regulations, which place specific equality duties on named public authorities in Scotland, came into force on 27 May 2012.

Date: 7th June 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Children in Scotland announce that a new website has been launched to bring Curriculum for Excellence to life for young people.

Date: 28th May 2012
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This is the charitable grant-making organisation affiliated to the Hilton International chain of hotels. Hilton funds the central administration costs of the foundation so that every £1 and Euro raised goes directly to help young people.

Date: 24th May 2012
Category: General measures of implementation

The Government Equalities Office has announced the creation of a new Equality Advisory and Support Service to provide support to vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals facing discrimination.

Date: 21st May 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Framework describes those who are responsible for keeping children and young people safe. It establishes a set of competences and standards that everyone who has direct or indirect contact with children requires.

Date: 16th May 2012
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The Scottish Government has launched the People and Communities Fund which will provide funding of £6 million per year over the next three years, aims to support communities across Scotland to be economically, physically and socially sustainable.

Date: 16th May 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

More than a quarter of children in some parts of Scotland require additional support during their schooling, according to a new report.

Date: 15th May 2012
Category: General measures of implementation

The Scottish Parliament should establish a separate Human Rights Committee because the current committee system has failed to adequately consider human rights issues.

Date: 14th May 2012
Category: General measures of implementation, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Scottish Government has published its response to the consultation on a proposed Rights of Children and Young People Bill.

Date: 7th May 2012
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) has halted plans to pilot a scheme to use dental X-rays to determine the age of children seeking asylum where this is disputed, after it emerged that ethical approval should have been sought.

Date: 27th April 2012
Category: General measures of implementation

This year's Annual Day, on 8 March, was divided into two half-day panels: "Children in the judicial process: worrying trends and best practices" and "Children deprived of their liberty and children of incarcerated parents: protection and realisation of their rights".

Date: 27th April 2012
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The OFMDFM has announced a six-month extension to funding for groups already receiving development funding under the Minority Ethnic Development Fund.

Date: 27th April 2012
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The Calvert Trust has been awarded funding for adults and children with disabilities, carers and young carers from Scotland, Scottish Borders and West of Scotland to have a holiday at Kielder during 2012.

Date: 26th April 2012
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Help the Homeless, a national Charity which aims to help homeless people throughout the United Kingdom to resume a normal life, is currently accepting applications from small and medium sized charities and voluntary organisations.

Date: 24th April 2012
Category: Disabled children

Capability Scotland wants to hear from wheelchair users and from carers of those who use wheelchairs about their experience of getting a wheelchair from the NHS or from private providers.

Date: 16th April 2012
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The European Commission has announced that it has funding of €3 million available to support youth projects between the EU and countries which do not border the European Union.