Calls for clarity on Erasmus+ replacement

Date: 12th February 2021
Category: Education, including vocational education

T he Erasmus+ programme was not included in the recent Brexit trade deal . YouthLink Scotland CEO Tim Frew has written to the UK Government to express his concerns and raise queries about the proposed Turing programme.

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Equality and Human Rights Commission launches manifesto and annual report

Date: 12th February 2021
Category:

T he annual report for 2019-20 sets out the Commission’s key achievements while the manifesto sets out calls to tackle inequalities across Scotland.

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Get involved in ‘Your Mind Matters’ – a new initiative for armed forces children and young people

Date: 12th February 2021
Category: Armed conflict, Mental health

Your Mind Matters aims to better understand the unique mental health and wellbeing challenges experienced by children and young people in Armed Forces families.

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Scottish Government responds to food insecurity concerns

Date: 12th February 2021
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Following a call for urgent action from the United Nations, the Scottish Government has set out what it is doing to ensure people on low incomes can access food.

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Calls to keep children safe online

Date: 12th February 2021
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

O rganisations have called on the European Parliament to adopt a temporary derogation to the ePrivacy Directive . This would allow service providers to resume using certain tools to detect and address child sexual abuse material and instances of grooming.

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Changes to Children's Hearings rules approved by the Scottish Parliament

Date: 12th February 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Scottish Parliament has approved changes to the Children’s Hearings rules to make sure brothers and sisters can take part in hearings that may affect their contact.

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Share your experience of social security in Scotland to inform a Child Disability Payment training programme

Date: 12th February 2021
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Disabled children and young people or those living with long-term conditions, their parents and unpaid carers are encouraged to share their experience interacting with social security agencies with Social Security Scotland.

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Call for interest - Day of General Discussion 2021 on children’s rights and alternative care

Date: 12th February 2021
Category: Care Experienced children

Organisations that work with care experienced children and/or those with experience of the child-protection are encouraged to take part in a global consultation for the UNCRC Day of General Discussion 2021.

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Call for children to take part in ‘Excluded Lives’ Project

Date: 12th February 2021
Category: School exclusions

This new project will explore school exclusions and wants to involve the voices of children to help create a study focusing on this issue. Researchers will also work with children to create child-friendly materials, to help them to engage further with other children about this topic.

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Children get creative expressing their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic

Date: 12th February 2021
Category: COVID-19

Over 500 children from Iceland, Norway, Slovenia and the UK have participated in the ‘Coronavirus and My Life’ project, sharing their thoughts and feelings in words and art

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