Date: 18th November 2012
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The Woodward Charitable Trust is a grant-making trust and is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. The Trust primarily funds charitable organisations in the UK.

Date: 17th November 2012
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The £10 million Legacy 2014 Active Places Fund is part of the Scottish Government's Legacy 2014 programme.

Date: 13th November 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Children's Minister Aileen Campbell blogged about Scotland's first-ever national play strategy, stating that a central part of getting it right in the early years is play.

Date: 10th November 2012
Category: General measures of implementation

On 10 November the Republic of Ireland passed the Thirty First Amendment to the Constitution, which provides additional rights protections for children

Date: 5th November 2012
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Voluntary and community sector organisations, social enterprises and other not-for-profit organisations are invited to apply to the Department for Education's new National Prospectus Grants Programme 2013-15.

Date: 5th November 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms

While there are an estimate 120,000 children living in the United Kingdom without legal immigration status, there are no concrete figures for the number of children with no nationality, precisely because there is no official record of them.

Date: 3rd November 2012
Category: Respect for the views of the child

SCRA is rolling out suggestion boxes in waiting rooms following a year-long pilot in Aberdeen and Inverness.

Date: 2nd November 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, General measures of implementation

This new online self-access course covers the application of the law, human rights, medical ethics and rules of professional conduct of medical care for children.

Date: 1st November 2012
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Inspiring Scotland's Go2Play capacity building fund, is offering up to 18 months of tailored capacity building support for individuals within Scottish charities to develop new work which will help children benefit from more play.

Date: 1st November 2012
Category: General measures of implementation

The Scottish Human Rights Commission launched of a report summarising the findings of a three year scoping project to review research on the realisation of internationally recognised human rights in Scotland.

Date: 25th October 2012
Category: Respect for the views of the child

Scotland will cast its independence vote in 2014 and, for the first time, 16-year-olds will head to the polls. Though they're unlikely to swing the vote, Europe will be listening closely to what they have to say.

Date: 23rd October 2012
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Young Start is a grants programme run by the Big Lottery Fund to distribute money from dormant bank accounts. It aims to create opportunities for children and young people aged 8 - 24 to help realise their potential.

Date: 22nd October 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

After a successful first round, Carers Trust are delighted to announce the launch of the second round of their small grants programme, Young Carers Can...

Date: 18th October 2012
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

A new statutory aggravation is to be introduced to make the perpetrators of human trafficking easier to prosecute, the Scottish Government announced

Date: 11th October 2012
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The Community Grant Fund is aimed at community-based, volunteer-led groups. They do not need to be registered charities. Groups can apply for grants of up to £1,000.

Date: 2nd October 2012
Category: General measures of implementation

Both the UK and the Scottish Governments have formally responded to the recommendations contained in the Report of the UN Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review.

Date: 28th September 2012
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The Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation has announced that its grants making programme will open for applications on the 1st October 2012.

Date: 25th September 2012
Category: Access to appropriate information

A Committee of MSPs is set to launch an inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Scotland following a high-profile charity campaign.

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

The State of Children's Rights report 2012 was launched at an event attended by Aileen Campbell MSP, Minister for Children and Young People.

Date: 17th September 2012
Category: General measures of implementation, UK 1st periodic review, Respect for the views of the child

Together and Children in Scotland have published a joint briefing on the proposals outlined in the Children and Young People Bill consultation.