First Minister confirms launch of free bus travel for under 22s

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Child poverty

The First Minister has officially confirmed plans to launch free bus travel for under 22s on 31 January 2022. The transformational policy aims to embed sustainable travel behaviours early on and is essential in helping Scotland to tackle the climate emergency and meet the ambitious target to become net zero by 2045.

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Report published on parents’ experience of accessing funded ELC

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Social security

The results of the Scottish Childminding Association’s (SCMA) Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) Audit, which was conducted from August – September 2021 in 30 local authority areas, have been published. The SCMA ELC Audit 2021 presents both a snapshot of where we are in 2021 and a report on progress of over five years of national and local implementation activity to support ELC expansion.

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New report on families’ experiences of poverty and services

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Child poverty

includem has launched its Voices Report, which focusses on families’ experiences of poverty and services and calls for children, young people and families having a say in what services are needed, how they are developed and how they can be delivered.

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Survey: Have you attended a protest or event?

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Freedom of association and peaceful assembly

Police Scotland wants to hear from children and young people who have attended a protest or event, live near to where events take place or have any thoughts to share in general. Police Scotland wants to hear what children and young people think about its approach to keeping people safe to shape how it responds to events and protests in the future.

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Young people’s health and wellbeing survey is now live

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Young people are encouraged to share their key issues in relation to health and wellbeing and to support discussions with young people, a conversational guide has been created.

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New approach: ‘Reimagining Justice with Children and Young People: Building Rights Respecting Services Together’

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Child justice system

A new initiative has been launched to support the design of rights-based services for and with children and young people on the cusp of or in conflict with the law. To do this, CYCJ will work with local authorities and organisations across Scotland to design and develop services based on the best available evidence about how to respect and uphold children’s rights and deliver on The Promise .

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Online petition launched for an enforceable human right to a healthy environment

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

To ensure everyone in Scotland lives in a healthy environment, we must be able to hold public bodies and polluters to account. To do this, a petition has been launched which includes recommendations to Scottish Government to make sure the right to a healthy environment is enforced by law.

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UK Government proposes changes to the Human Rights Act

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

The proposed changes to the Human Rights Act set out by the UK Government run counter to the recommendations made by the Independent Panel on the Human Rights Act Review. These changes would create barriers to accessing justice and redress, courts would no longer be able to ‘read in’ interpretations to legislation.

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Legal opinion on Nationality and Borders Bill

Date: 16th December 2021
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

Just Right Scotland and the Scottish Refugee Council have obtained a legal opinion from Christine O’Neil QC on the devolved implications of the UK Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill, which recently passed through the House of Commons.

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New bill proposed to end child marriage in England and Wales

Date: 16th December 2021
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UK Parliament has voted on a new bill proposed to raise the legal age for marriage and civil partnership in England and Wales.

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