Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

‘Hannah’ a new virtual assistance to answer questions about COVID-19 and child protection has been launched by The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Date: 21st August 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

Listen to a question and answer session between young people from all four nations’ commissioners’ offices and three scientists from the UK’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).

Date: 21st August 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Children's Parliament

Back to School is an online resource to support schools take a rights-based approach as COVID-19 restrictions relax and schools reopen.  This resource is filled with practical activities to support conversations between children, children and adults in school, designed to help school staff to understand children’s experiences of lockdown and their wellbeing needs in the current context.

Date: 21st August 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: Children in Scotland

In the August/September 2020 edition, Children in Scotland reflects on some of the lessons learned from the last few months and how these lessons can help shape society as Scotland recovers from COVID-19.

Date: 21st August 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Zero Tolerance

You Can Be is a campaign to give children best start in life without the limit of stereotypes. This animation discusses the dangers of gender stereotyping adding an additional resource to Zero Tolerance's already existing range of campaign materials.

Date: 7th August 2020
Category: Mental health, Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

On My Mind aims to empower young people to make informed choices about their mental health and wellbeing. The resources have been co-produced by young people to help other young people and they can be used by professionals too.

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

Clear Your Head has produced a wealth of tips and tricks to help children and young people keep moving, create routines, look after themselves, stay in touch and feel calmer.

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Action for Children

Two toolkits have been created, one for children and young people aged 11-18 years old and one for adults working with them. Each toolkit includes printable activities and ideas to get children and young people writing to express their thoughts and feelings.

Date: 9th December 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Nourish Scotland

The 90 second animation explains what the right to food means, and what’s needed to make it real for people in Scotland.

Date: 19th November 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Protection from abuse or neglect
Author:

The resource “Rights! The missing piece to childhood adversity” was designed by young people, to raise awareness of a rights-based approach to tackling childhood adversity.

Date: 7th October 2019
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) has reviewed and updated a range of fact sheets about the Children’s Hearings System.

Date: 11th September 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

Scottish Women’s Aid has published good practice guidance for social landlords to help them prevent women and children’s homelessness and provide a service that is sensitive to their needs.

Date: 11th September 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Social security and childcare
Author:

This webinar, originally held in September 2019, explores the development of relationship-based practice in Local Authority children’s social work.

Date: 26th August 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Children in Scotland

Children in Scotland has produced a new resource for teachers and practitioners to support children and young people’s understanding of their wellbeing.

Date: 14th August 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

This new publication summarises findings from five years’ worth of policy, practice and research by CYCJ, Barnardo’s Scotland and the University of Strathclyde, informing the development of trauma-informed approaches.

Date: 14th August 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish Government

Scottish Government’s report presents initial findings about the lives of 12-year-old children living in Scotland.

Date: 30th July 2019
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Best interests of the child, Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

The video explores the first three years of a child’s life, focusing on the effects of social, emotional, and physical environments on long-term health and wellbeing.

Date: 14th June 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author:

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights has released this report covering child rights, migration, data protection and much more.

Date: 14th June 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Health and health services, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Additional support for learning, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Parental guidance
Author:

This film was developed to increase knowledge and awareness among parents and practitioners of new children’s rights legislation.

Date: 2nd May 2019
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Eurochild

Extensive research on media and children show that the media can have both a positive and negative impact on their development. The term "protection of minors" in the context of media is concerned precisely with ensuring that harmful content in the media does not damage the physical and psychological development of children and minors. The aim of this publication is to contribute to a wider understanding of the concept of protection of minors from harmful content in audiovisual media services.