Together attends child rights review in Geneva!

Date: 9th June 2023
Category: Scotland-specific monitoring and reporting

Last month, Together joined #TeamScotlandUN members Children’s Parliament, the Scottish Youth Parliament and the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland to influence the UK’s review by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

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Coalition launches report advocating for new approaches to address youth violence

Date: 26th April 2023
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A new report by a coalition of campaigners and organisations has called for the powers of the metropolitan police to be rolled back and more funding allocated to youth services as alternative solutions to ending serious youth violence.

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Membership Spotlight: Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance

Date: 25th April 2023
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Membership Spotlight highlights the work of our member organisations and outlines how other individuals and NGOs can support them. In this blogpost we shine the light on Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA) this Independent Advocacy Awareness Week. They have programmes available online for people to sign up to! Don’t miss out!

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Launch of the Scottish National Action Plan 2 (SNAP2)

Date: 25th April 2023
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation

Scotland’s Second National Action Plan for Human Rights (SNAP 2) was launched last month and Michael, a young person on the Leadership Panel for its development, shares his experiences as the youngest person in the room.

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New policy report on the Promise to infants and babies

Date: 25th April 2023
Category: Special protection measures

The NSPCC has just published a report on the Promise, identifying practical changes that can be made to bring the voice and needs of infants (age 0-3) to the forefront of Child Protection Orders and Children’s Hearing system referrals, a useful resource for local authorities, health and social care partnerships and other organisations working to improve early help and support for children and families.

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Survey for Children and Young People: Calling all young football players!

Date: 25th April 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Scottish FA wants to find out how things are going for young players, and who better to ask what it’s like to play the game than young people themselves?

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Plans to restrict alcohol advertising put on hold

Date: 25th April 2023
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

First Minister Humza Yousaf confirmed the delay to limiting alcohol marketing in Parliament last week due to concerns being raised within the industry. This is just after the closing of a Scottish Government consultation on restricting alcohol advertising, to which children’s rights organisations, including Together, responded highlighting children and young people’s concerns around the impact of alcohol on their lives.

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Evaluation on the Bairns Hoose (Barnahus) model on its support for victims of violence

Date: 25th April 2023
Category: Policies & procedures

The North Strathclyde Bairns Hoose Evaluation Phase 1 Report of this three-year demonstration project has now been released, revealing a strong consensus on the need for change to improve treatment and the outcomes of child victims of violence and the potential of the Barnahus model to deliver this change.

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‘Giving with One Hand, Taking Away with the Other’

Date: 25th April 2023
Category: Child poverty

In March, Aberlour hosted an event for Debt Awareness Week – ‘Giving with One Hand, Taking Away with the Other’ – to highlight the impact of public debt on low income families and the role it plays in trapping families in poverty. Read on to find highlights of the event including presentations and a shared experience of living with debt from a parent, Caroline.

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Updated report on the impact of persuasive design in the digital environment on children’s wellbeing

Date: 25th April 2023
Category: Special protection measures

Five years on from 5Rights’ initial report on the impact of persuasive design in the digital environment on children, there have been many regulatory and legislative advances in the tech industry yet no change in the exploitative nature of the relationship between tech and children. In this updated report, persuasive design features used in new products such as TikTok and BeReal, are examined in relation to their impact on childhood.

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