Date: 17th September 2021
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Children's Society's Good Childhood Report 2021 shows that modern life continues to erode the happiness of young people. Dissatisfied with school, friendships and how they look, an estimated 306,000 10-15 year olds in the UK are unhappy with their lives.

Date: 17th September 2021
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The Scottish Government has published its Programme for Government, which sets out the work the Government intends to carry out over the coming year. Area of work Scottish Government plans to focus on include: tackling inequality, transportation for children and young people, furthering support in and out of school, advancing early learning and children’s rights. 

Date: 17th September 2021
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

Licketyspit Storyplay Champion Children are a great example of how able children are to claim their rights, hold their own and represent themselves. Storyplay is a programme that makes imaginary play an easy, wonderful and inclusive part of every day. After 18-months of Porridge & Play Online (an inter-generational imaginary play session for children under 12 and their families), these children own and understand Storyplay inside-out.

Date: 17th September 2021
Category: Child justice system

Following consultation, the Scottish Sentencing Council has finalised a new guideline on the sentencing of young people. The ‘Sentencing young people’ guideline, which will be submitted to the High Court for approval this month, requires courts to have regard to rehabilitation as a primary consideration in sentencing young people in recognition of their greater capacity for change. The Council considers that this will help to achieve one of the guideline’s key aims: to reduce reoffending among young people.

Date: 17th September 2021
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Together is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a series of webinars in October 2021 on the State of Children’s Rights in Scotland. The webinar series will offer practical guidance on implementing children’s rights-based approaches, provide support to overcome challenges and offer a space to share examples of promising practice ahead of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill’s implementation.

Date: 17th September 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Over a two-day period, the Committee on the Rights of the Child discussed children’s rights in alternative care. A number of Together’s members made contributions to the discussion to further the Committee’s understanding of alternative care in Scotland.

Date: 17th September 2021
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

Children aged 10 to 17 are invited to submit a short video focusing on what rights mean to them! Children are asked to focus on a specific child right and are encouraged to express themselves through mode of speech, musical performance, role playing or theatre staging, painting or drawing performance or recordings of other creative activities! These videos hope to build children’s understanding of children’s rights

Date: 17th September 2021
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Closing date: 30th September 2021

Date: 3rd September 2021
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Scotland’s Climate Assembly is made up of over 100 citizens from all walks of life tasked with examining expert evidence and agreeing recommendations for tackling the climate emergency in a fair and effective way. This report sets out 81 recommendations agreed by consensus, and calls for bold and urgent action now. As Scotland’s Climate Assembly members were aged 16+, the Assembly worked closely with Children’s Parliament to integrate their activity into the Assembly and ensure children’s voices are heard in decision-making. The children’s work was regularly fed back to Assembly members, which helped to shape the Assembly’s final recommendations.

Date: 3rd September 2021
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Children and young people aged 10 to 25 are invited to become #IWill Ambassadors to celebrate the positive impact children and young people continue to have in their communities and environment. If you know or work with young people, you can encourage them to apply or nominate them.

Date: 3rd September 2021
Category: Equal protection from violence

UNICEF has published its 2021 – 2030 Child Protection Strategy with a vision of a world where all children are free from violence, exploitation, abuse, neglect and harmful practices.

Date: 3rd September 2021
Category: COVID-19

Closing date: End of September 2021

Date: 3rd September 2021
Category: COVID-19

Closing date: 30th September 2021

Date: 3rd September 2021
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

A landmark piece of regulation has come into force which requires the tech sector to consider children’s privacy, safety and wellbeing in their products and services if they are likely to be accessed by children and young people.

Date: 3rd September 2021
Category: Bullying

Primary aged children (between P4-P7) and Secondary age young people (under-18) are invited to participate in the #WhatMadeItBetter competition to create imaginative anti-bullying films to be shared and celebrated during Anti-Bullying Week (15-19 November 2021) and beyond.

Date: 3rd September 2021
Category: COVID-19

Between May and July 2021, 111 children and young people shared their experience of feeling listened to and respected, learning at school and home, and how confident they felt at completing homework during the home learning phase of lockdown. These views were gathered via a survey and four participative focus groups.

Date: 3rd September 2021
Category: UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Advocating for an accessible and fit for purpose healthcare system, young trans and non-binary people aged 12-25 are invited to come together to influence decision makers and create a healthcare system designed for and by trans and non-binary people.

Date: 3rd September 2021
Category: Child poverty

Following calls to end to the Young Parent Penalty in Universal Credit, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Work and Pensions MP Wendy Chamberlain, received a response from the UK Government. Within the letter, the UK Government stands by the decision to offer young single parents a lower rate of Universal Credit than those above 25.

Date: 3rd September 2021
Category: COVID-19

Over an eight-week period amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an international survey heard the views and experiences of policymakers and practitioners working with children and young people. Over 3330 responses, from 22 countries, across five continents were received. Findings highlighted that if children’s needs were listened to more closely in decision-making, then this could have improved global responses to the pandemic.

Date: 3rd September 2021
Category: Incorporation

We’re delighted to announce a new project with six of our members to ensure children’s voices inform implementation of the UNCRC Bill.