Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill

Date: 3rd May 2022
Category: Health and health services

Closing Date: 16 th May 2022

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Joint statement on disabled children’s rights

Date: 3rd May 2022
Category: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities have expressed concern that discrimination against disabled children makes them disproportionately vulnerable to violence, including corporal punishment, neglect and abuse, in all settings, such as the family home, mental health, educational, or childcare institutions. Subsequently, the Committees call on States to urgently adopt comprehensive strategies to stop this.

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Helping 16-19s find their unclaimed Child Trust Funds

Date: 3rd May 2022
Category: Funding

If you support children and young people aged 16+, who were born in the UK from 1 st September 2002, then money may have been set aside for them that they can claim. Unclaimed Child Trust Funds could now be worth £1,000 or more per child.

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Share your manifesto calls for the Local Council elections

Date: 28th April 2022
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

Children in Scotland, Children 1 st , Child Poverty Action Group and includem have made key calls within their manifestos to encourage Local Council candidates to make children's rights pledges. We would love to promote and share your calls on our webpage, so please get in touch!

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The Human Rights Act must not be scrapped!

Date: 28th April 2022
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

Together joins 29 other children’s charities, urging the UK Government to scrap its plans to replace the Human Rights Act.

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Discover how countries have protected children’s right to a healthy environment

Date: 28th April 2022
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

There are many countries around the world that have laws which protect children’s right to a healthy environment. Some countries have stronger laws than others. This child-friendly leaflet will further children and young people’s awareness and understanding of how these countries are protecting this right and discover what Scottish Government could be doing to help!

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State of Children’s Rights blog

Date: 28th April 2022
Category: General measures of implementation

Speak Out champion Anna, from Girlguiding Scotland talks about Together’s State of Children’s Rights Report 2022 and why it’s so important for everyone to listen to and champion the rights of children and young people across Scotland, especially now the pandemic has altered the way we live.

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Together's response to the passage of the Nationality and Borders Bill

Date: 28th April 2022
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights) is appalled that the Nationality and Borders Bill that has recently been passed by the UK Parliament. This is a Bill which is anti-refugee and explicitly anti-child.

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Young Scot launches new three-year plan

Date: 28th April 2022
Category: General measures of implementation

Informed by the lived experience of #VisionMakers, who are a group of diverse young people, this three-year plan will influence the information, opportunities and services Young Scot provides. Via this collaborative effort, the plan aims to reflect the realities of growing up in Scotland and support young people to thrive.

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Research tender – how can independent funders help make human rights real in Scotland?

Date: 28th April 2022
Category:

Could you complete research that will help inform independent funders to think, act and invest in the human rights sphere in Scotland? If so, consider this research tender!

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