Date: 22nd June 2011
Category: General measures of implementation

The UN Human Rights Council has adopted the draft text of a complaints mechanism for children.

Date: 20th June 2011
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National Anti-Bullying Week takes place across the UK and Ireland from 14 to 18 November 2011. To make the occasion, respectme, Scotland's Anti-Bullying Service and Youth Scotland want to encourage and support anti-bullying campaigning at a local level.

Date: 15th June 2011
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Inspiring Scotland has announced that the Early Years Early Action Fund is now open to applications. The aim of the Early Years Early Action Fund is to improve the outcomes for vulnerable young children, to help them achieve their potential.

Date: 14th June 2011
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This small grant-making trust supports children-related organisations in the Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders area, under the headings of Medical Care, Welfare and Education.

Date: 13th June 2011
Category: Equal protection from violence

The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais has launched a new website, which includes its own newsletter, region-specific information, and other useful resources, including a Children's Corner offering a series of child-friendly materials.

Date: 8th June 2011
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The latest findings of a study shining a spotlight on the realities of life as a child in Scotland has been published.

Date: 8th June 2011
Category: General measures of implementation

The establishment of a complaints mechanism for the CRC moved a step closer as the Chairperson of the Working Group presented his report, including a draft text to be adopted by the Council.

Date: 1st June 2011
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Young Scotland's Got Talent will celebrate their first birthday with an awards ceremony to be held in Edinburgh on Wednesday 22 June 2011.

Date: 30th May 2011
Category: General measures of implementation

Four Nigerian women have been awarded damages after police failed to investigate their allegations that they were illegally trafficked into the UK as minors and subsequently 'held as slaves'.

Date: 30th May 2011
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

This week's topic on the Enquire blog explores the issues of children's rights and domestic abuse. This space helps children and young people to understand domestic abuse, and how to take positive action if it's happening to them.

Date: 30th May 2011
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The British Red Cross has announced that grants of between £50 and up to £1000 are available to help to support youth action activities that promote more positive attitudes towards vulnerable migrants and awareness of the Millennium Development Goals. The grants are available to schools, colleges, universities, youth groups and student groups working with young people aged 12 to 25.

Date: 30th May 2011
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The Scottish Government has made the Short Breaks Fund available to help support and sustain Scottish carers, including young carers and kinship carers, through enabling better access to short breaks or respite care.

Date: 30th May 2011
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The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund, which is a registered charity established to support projects in the area of learning disability and to aid the care and relief of those affected by learning disability, has announced that the next application date for grants is the 1st October 2011.

Date: 25th May 2011
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

We all know that the cost of childcare is huge but what can be done about it? Recent research by the Daycare Trust estimate that it costs an average of £177 for a full time nursery place in Britain for a child under two - that's like paying another mortgage. It costs more in Scotland than anywhere else in the UK and as a country we pay the most in Europe (bar Switzerland) and our costs are one of the highest in the world.

Date: 25th May 2011
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Are YOU 18 years old or younger ? Would YOU like to complete a survey for the Council of Europe ?

Date: 18th May 2011
Category: Access to appropriate information, Non-discrimination, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Engender would like to work with members of Together (individuals or organisations) to hold workshops on child poverty and its relation to gender inequality.

Date: 2nd May 2011
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The Peter Vardy Foundation was launched operating as a means of distributing 10 per cent of their annual profits to worthwhile causes in the communities where the company operates across Scotland (Aberdeen, Motherwell, Perth, Kirkcaldy and Edinburgh).

Date: 2nd May 2011
Category: General measures of implementation

In March the Westminster government launched a consultation on plans to reform the Equality and Human Rights Commission. In addition to significant budget cuts of up to 50% set out in the 2010 Spending Review, the reform consultation proposes to:

Date: 28th April 2011
Category: General measures of implementation

Many of Together's members and supporters have launched manifestos to outline clear demands for the Scottish elections in May 2011 and to press political parties to commit to support the rights of children and young people.

Date: 27th April 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Scottish Youth Parliament are currently conducting a survey around the Curriculum for Excellence which forms part of a project aimed at creating a new resource for children and young people to give them information about Curriculum for Excellence and to inspire them to become more actively engaged in their own learning.