Together joins calls to double Scottish Child Payment

Date: 20th August 2021
Category: Child poverty

As part of the End Child Poverty coalition in Scotland, Together joins 120 organisations and leaders from across Scotland to call for doubling the Scottish Child Payment. This is the single most impactful action that could be taken to help meet the interim child poverty targets in 2023. It would signal that ending child poverty is a defining priority for this Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament.

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Together supports calls to #KeepTheLifeline

Date: 20th August 2021
Category: Child poverty

The UK Government plans to cut universal credit and working tax credit by £20 a week in October. This is a lifeline many children and families need to have and without it, it will leave their right to food, shelter and health at risk. Together joins organisations to #KeepTheLifeline, urging UK Government to change its mind.

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What do children and young people think as lockdown eases?

Date: 20th August 2021
Category: COVID-19

The latest round of the #LockdownLowdown survey reveals what children and young people aged 11 to 25 feel about the impact of COVID-19 on their mental and physical health, access to information, employment, relationships, primary, secondary and further education and youth work.

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Scottish Government’s Volunteering Support Fund is now open for applications

Date: 20th August 2021
Category: Funding

The £3.3 million Fund will be delivered by Impact Funding Partners over the next 3 years. Organisations can apply for up to £30,000 until March 2024.

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Young consultants create manifesto for post-COVID recovery

Date: 20th August 2021
Category: COVID-19

A new report published by APIC, supported by CYPCS, ‘#ScotYouthandCOVID2: Children and Young People’s Participation through Crisis’, provides a picture of the struggles faced by Scotland’s young people throughout the pandemic, highlighting the monotony of blended learning and online life amongst other struggles.

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The right to sibling contact is now part of the Scots law!

Date: 30th July 2021
Category: Family reunification, General measures of implementation, Best interests of the child, Policies & procedures

From 26 th July 2021, the law has changed on what councils and the Children’s Hearings System must do to help siblings.

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Parliamentarians say £20 a week increase in Universal Credit should be permanent

Date: 30th July 2021
Category: Child poverty, Social security

Chairs of four welfare committees from around the UK say removing the temporary top-up would affect families on the lowest incomes and therefore, the measure which is planned to end in October should remain.

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UK Labour commits to UNCRC incorporation

Date: 30th July 2021
Category: General measures of implementation, Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

David Lammy MP, Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, has announced that a Labour government would adopt several new policies on strengthening human rights, including the incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into UK law.

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New data shows children and young people’s mental health referrals have doubled after lockdowns

Date: 30th July 2021
Category: Mental health, Health and health services

NHS England has published new data that shows that referral cases for children and young people for mental health services have hit a record high as they doubled throughout the pandemic.

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Council Conclusions on EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child

Date: 30th July 2021
Category: General measures of implementation

The Council of the European Union is expected to adopt the European Council Conclusions on the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child.

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