Date: 12th November 2021
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Together with Scottish Refugee Council, JustRight Scotland, PKAVS, Citizens Rights Project, BEMIS, Amnesty, & Forth Valley Migrant Support Network, HRCS has published a report with some recommendations around how the new Scotland Human Rights Bill can better protect migrants’ human rights.

Date: 12th November 2021
Category: Child poverty

The Poverty Alliance has published a new rapid evidence review which examines evidence on the effectiveness of mentoring and tutoring for children and young people living in poverty and provides an overview of the current policy and practice landscape in Scotland.

Date: 12th November 2021
Category: Armed conflict

CRIN has recently worked on a Times article which reported that rape and sexual assault claims made by girls in the military under 18 years old have risen tenfold since 2015. Freedom of information requests show that 41 complaints of rape and sexual assault have been made to military police since 2015. With 215 girls serving in the military between 2015 and 2020, this is equivalent to 1 in 40 girls.

Date: 12th November 2021
Category: Children in situations of exploitation

Barnardo’s has published a new report on the exploitation and criminalisation of children and young people, calling for The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill to be strengthened.

Date: 12th November 2021
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

Following calls by Child Rights Connect, the UN Secretary General has expressed agreement that “a holistic child rights perspective must be reinforced across the United Nations system at a global, regional and local level”. Subsequently, a guidance note on mainstreaming children’s rights will be created.

Date: 12th November 2021
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Closing Date: 10th December 2021

Date: 12th November 2021
Category: Child poverty

Closing date: 25th January 2022

Date: 12th November 2021
Category: Health and health services

Closing date: 4th February 2022

Date: 12th November 2021
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From 8th to 21st November, Scotland's young people have the opportunity to vote for the MSYPs that will represent them for the next two years.Young people aged 12-25 are invited to vote for the MSYP that will represent them for the next two years! From the 8th - 21st November, young people can vote in their constituency or in their National Voluntary Organisation.Scottish Youth Parliament works to give young people a voice on all issues that impact young people, from the climate emergency and justice to local matters.Young people can visit here to vote and find out who's standing in their local area or NVO.

Date: 22nd October 2021
Category: Incorporation

The judges unanimously decided that four sections of the Bill go beyond the powers of the Scottish Parliament.Together responded to the decision by coordinating a joint letter to the Scottish Government urging it to work at pace to address the Court’s concerns.

Date: 22nd October 2021
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A survey has been launched to gather the views and experiences of LGBT young people aged 13-25, and provide a snapshot of life in Scotland today. Topics include: education, the NHS, mental health, coming out, safety, work, home life, representation and the media.

Date: 22nd October 2021
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Neurodivergent young people aged 16 – 25 are invited to join a stakeholder group to share their opinion on what services and resources they would like to see Salvesen Mindroom Centre deliver.

Date: 22nd October 2021
Category: Bullying

Running from Monday 15th November – Friday 19th November, this year’s campaign theme has been co-designed with young people to show that even the smallest act of kindness can have a huge impact on other people around us and can break the bullying cycle.

Date: 22nd October 2021
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After an extremely challenging year for the sector, this is an opportunity to celebrate those whose work you think deserves to be recognised.

Date: 22nd October 2021
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The National Participatory Budgeting Strategic Group has published a framework for the future of participatory budgeting (PB) in Scotland. The framework sets out shared intentions and ambitions for PB and, looking ahead, outlines a series of priority recommendations to be carried forward.

Date: 22nd October 2021
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For Starcatchers’ milestone 15th birthday, it shares with us the impact it has had delivering five engagement projects over the past year to children from birth to aged five.

Date: 22nd October 2021
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

To help support the participation of children and young people in Professor Ken Muir’s Education Reform Consultation, we have joined Children’s Parliament and Scottish Youth Parliament to provide a range of resources! There is also an opportunity for young people, agencies and organisations to share their views independently. 

Date: 22nd October 2021
Category: UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published its follow-up report on the UK’s implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This report will help inform the CEDAW Committee’s assessment of the UK’s progress in implementing Committee recommendations issued during the last review in 2019.

Date: 22nd October 2021
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#WhyOurHumanRightsActMatters is the latest campaign by BIHR which aims to gather information and evidence on what the Human Rights Act means to individuals, groups and organisations around the UK.

Date: 22nd October 2021
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This recognition means more accountability from governments to ensure we live in a world with a safe and stable climate, a toxic-free environment, with clean air, access to safe water and adequate sanitation, healthy and sustainably produced food and thriving biodiversity and ecosystems.