Now recruiting: help shape our State of Children’s Rights Report 2024!

Date: 19th January 2024
Category: Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting, Respect for the views of the child

Together is looking to recruit five organisations to join the development phase for our 2024 State of Children’s Rights Report. We’re looking for organisations who can support children and young people to test some draft engagement materials, provide us feedback and support us to create versions in alternative formats.

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Royal assent for UNCRC Bill!

Date: 17th January 2024
Category: General measures of implementation, UNCRC Optional Protocols and General Comments

On the 16 th of January 2024, royal assent was granted for the UNCRC Bill meaning its now officially an Act! Most of its provisions will come into force in six months’ time (16 th July 2024).

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World Children’s Day 2023: what you may have missed

Date: 18th December 2023
Category: General measures of implementation

To mark World Children's Day 2023, Together released new research on the participation of children and young people in processes to monitor UNCRC implementation at local, national and international level. There was also an update from the Minister for Children and Young People as she released a conversation with young people about her next steps for incorporation.

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Breakfast within a rights-based food system

Date: 18th December 2023
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Nutrition

This UN Human Rights Day, Together is celebrating the right to food and the vital services provided by Magic Breakfast, who delivers free breakfasts to school children facing hunger every day. Read this blogpost by Magic Breakfast’s Finlay Allmond, as he explains the importance of a rights-based approach to Scotland’s food system.

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Letter to First Minister about human rights

Date: 18th December 2023
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Together, alongside 57 other organisations, signed a letter to the First Minister on progressing human rights in Scotland. The letter talks about the different breaches of fundamental rights experienced by people living in Scotland and it urges the Scottish Government to take progressive measures to make all human rights a reality for everyone in Scotland.

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Attitudes to human rights in Scotland

Date: 18th December 2023
Category: General measures of implementation, Civil Rights and Freedoms

People in Scotland are more likely to support human rights than not and are increasingly worried about having fewer human rights, according to new research published by the Scottish Human Rights Commission. The Commission asked public opinion specialists YouGov to carry out research to investigate public attitudes towards human rights in Scotland and published these results for Human Rights Day.

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Letter to First Minister of Scotland to increase Scottish Child Payment

Date: 18th December 2023
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, General measures of implementation

Members of the End Child Poverty coalition in Scotland, alongside 150 other organisations including Together, are urging the First Minister Humza Yousaf to - as a first step - deliver on his commitment to increase the Scottish Child Payment to £30 per week.

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Christmas card competition Celcis

Date: 18th December 2023
Category: Respect for the views of the child

CELCIS has selected a winning image for their annual Christmas card competition for 2023. With an amazing display of designs they had a real challenge to select a winner.

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The views and experiences of the children’s services workforce

Date: 18th December 2023
Category: Care Experienced children

In 2022, the Scottish Government asked CELCIS to carry out a research study with the aim of gathering evidence to inform decision-makers about how best to deliver children’s services in Scotland. The purpose of the children’s services reform research is to answer the question: “what is needed to ensure that children, young people and families get the help they need, when they need it?”

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Ruby boots: civvy street buddies for forces children

Date: 18th December 2023
Category: Special protection measures

Ruby Boots is a mentorship programme by Forces Children Scotland to provide buddy mentors for young people who have a parent who has left the armed forces. Read on to find out more about the programme!

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