Child Maintenance support and resources

Date: 10th July 2026
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Two new resources from the Transforming Child Maintenance project aim to improve information and support for families across Scotland.

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Children at the centre: Handbook on child participation practices from violence prevention projects across Europe

Date: 10th July 2026
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A new handbook from Eurochild and Terre des hommes highlights how 48 civil society organisations across nine European countries are involving children in violence prevention work.

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Children’s guide for moving to the Highlands

Date: 10th July 2026
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Children and young people from Armed Forces families across Highland have shared a powerful collective message about what life is really like when a parent serves. In their statement, they describe the pride they feel in their families, but also the unique challenges they face from frequent moves and long separations to the emotional strain of deployments.

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New eLearning module: Supporting communication in youth justice settings!

Date: 26th May 2026
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

TalkLinks and CYCJ have produced new eLearning: Supporting communication in youth justice settings! Learners will deepen their understanding of Speech Language and Communication Needs and their importance for children and young people in conflict with the law.

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Family returns consultation guide

Date: 19th May 2026
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Refugee and asylum seeking children
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Asylum Matters and Asylum Support Appeals Project have created a question by question guide to provide support for organisations and individuals who want to submit an answer to the UK Governments Reforming asylum support and enforcing family returns consultation.

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Upholding children’s rights in court: roles and responsibilities

Date: 1st May 2026
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

A new Guidance Toolkit has been launched to help ensure that children’s rights are upheld at every stage of their journey through the justice system. Developed to support a children’s human‑rights‑respecting approach, the toolkit sets out what good practice should look like, why it matters, and how agencies can work together to remove barriers that prevent children from receiving the support they are entitled to.

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New CYCJ e-learning on Rights respecting in residential care

Date: 9th April 2026
Category: Looked after children, Best interests of the child
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New eLearning available from CYCJ! Rights respecting in residential care has been co-authored with Care Visions residential to raise awareness about the unnecessary criminalisation of children in care.

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Camouflaged in the education system: The experiences of children and young people from Armed Forces families

Date: 9th April 2026
Category: Children in armed forces families, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Forces Children Scotland

In this new report, Forces Children Scotland shine a light on the fact that Children and young people from Armed Forces families are not always receiving the support they need within Scotland’s education system.

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Speaking up about crime resources

Date: 9th April 2026
Category: Best interests of the child, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Fearless.org

Fearless Scotland provides a range of useful resources that help parents, carers and those working with young people to encourage them to speak up about crime.

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Children's rights in Scotland hub

Date: 9th April 2026
Category: General measures of implementation
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Project Change has launched a new resource that gives a comprehensive overview of children’s rights in Scotland.

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New Human Rights Tracker

Date: 9th April 2026
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Government

On 12 March 2026, Scottish Government launched its new Human Rights Tracker – an online platform designed to bring together recommendations from international human rights treaty bodies in one place.

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Responding to the needs of infants, babies and very young children

Date: 16th February 2026
Category: Babies and early years
Author: Children's Hearings Scotland

Children’s Hearings Scotland has published a practice guide to help volunteer Panel Members better understand and respond to the specific needs of infants, babies and very young children within Scotland’s Children’s Hearings System.

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A parent’s story: chatting about reducing gaming and gambling harm

Date: 16th February 2026
Category: Parental guidance, Best interests of the child, Recreation, play and cultural activities
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The Scottish Gambling Education Hub is delighted to launch its new booklet for parents, carers: A Parent’s Story: Chatting about reducing gaming and gambling harm.

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Good practice guide for solicitors in the children’s hearings system

Date: 16th February 2026
Category: Training, Children in conflict with the law
Author: Clan Childlaw

Clan Childlaw is pleased to share a newly launched resource that reflects the child-centred approach that is at the heart of its work. The resource sets out to ensure that regardless of their age, children are at the centre of decision making.

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Webinar: MENA Peer-to-Peer Learning Session on Public Budgeting for Children

Date: 16th February 2026
Category: Budgeting, Best interests of the child
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Save the Children has published a new resource from the How to Child Rights series focused on strengthening civil society engagement in public budget analysis and advocacy for children’s rights.

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Bullying- a guide for parents and carers

Date: 16th February 2026
Category: Bullying, Parental guidance
Author: Respectme

Respect me is pleased to share their free parents and carer e-Learning module on bullying.

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CYCJ winter/spring webinar series

Date: 16th February 2026
Category: Training
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

More dates have been added to the CYCJ Winter/Spring webinar series! The webinars feature speakers from a range of research and practice experience relevant to delivering child-centred justice. All webinars are free to attend and welcome practitioners, policymakers, and anyone passionate about the welfare of children and young people to learn from and engage in these important conversations.

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Children’s rights: what they are and how we help

Date: 15th December 2025
Category: Awareness-raising, Training, Incorporation
Author: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) shared a new resource on their work with and for children’s rights.

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Digital Safeguarding in Practice

Date: 15th December 2025
Category: Access to appropriate information, Protection of privacy, Best interests of the child
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

CYCJ in collaboration with the Lucy Faithfull Foundation have created a new eLearning module on Digital Safeguarding in Practice, to provide a greater awareness of the risks present for children using digital technology.

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Scottish Human Rights Commission – Annual Report 2024–25

Date: 15th December 2025
Category: Policies & procedures, General principles
Author: Scottish Human Rights Commission

The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has published its Annual Report for 2024–25, marking the first year of delivery under their Strategic Plan 2024–28.

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