Community Grant Programme extended to March 2013

Date: 14th December 2012
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Previously known as the Community Chest programme, this popular small community grant programme has been extended to the end of March 2013.

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Third Sector Early Intervention Fund

Date: 13th December 2012
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Big Fund (the non-lottery arm of the Big Lottery Fund) are administering the Third Sector Early Intervention Fund on behalf of the Scottish Government.

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Joint Committee questions Children’s Commissioners

Date: 11th December 2012
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The Joint Committee on Human Rights launched an inquiry into the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children and young people in the UK, with a particular focus on those who are seeking asylum or have been the victims of trafficking.

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Europe for Citizens - New Call Launched

Date: 10th December 2012
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The Europe for Citizens Programme supports a wide range of activities which promote European citizenship, particularly the involvement of citizens and civil society organisations in the process of European integration.

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ChildLine report highlights rise of self-harm in young people

Date: 5th December 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The number of young people seeking help about self-harm has soared by more than two thirds (68%) in the last year, according to the ChildLine annual report, 'Saying the Unsayable.'

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Addressing the impacts of business activities on human rights

Date: 5th December 2012
Category: General measures of implementation

On 3rd December, around one thousand people took part in the largest global discussion to date on how governments and businesses are moving to address the impacts of business activities on human rights.

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Analysis of responses to the Children and Young People Bill Consultation

Date: 4th December 2012
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The analysis of responses to the Children and Young People Bill consultation has now been published on the Scottish Government website.

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Family courts ‘ignoring needs of domestic violence victims’

Date: 4th December 2012
Category: Equal protection from violence

Female victims of domestic violence in the UK are frequently put in unsafe and intimidating positions during family court proceedings, according to a new report by legal rights charity, Rights of Women.

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Consultation to ask UK children and young people, ‘what kind of world do you want to live in?’

Date: 4th December 2012
Category: Respect for the views of the child

With the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals approaching, a 'global conversation' is underway

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Call for written evidence on the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Bill

Date: 4th December 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Scottish Parliament's Education and Culture Committee has launched a call for written evidence on the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Bill.

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