Date: 1st March 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation, Children with disabilities
Author:

Young women and men may find themselves being treated unfairly because of their gender, age, disability, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or transgender status.

Date: 16th February 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Save the Children

Severe child poverty fell between 2007/08 and 2008/09. This Save the Children briefing warns that, unless urgent action is taken, we could see a rise in severe child poverty in the coming years.

Date: 1st February 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Citizens Advice Scotland

Citizens Advice Scotland's new report, Being Young Being Heard, outlines the impact of the recession on young people in Scotland in their own words. The report shows that the effect of the recession has been that too many young people have ended up in a place where their potential is going to waste.

Date: 1st February 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: ChildLine

This new resource offers practical advice and guidance to children and young people who are being bullied. It is designed to give them the confidence to look at their options and make better choices when dealing with bullying situation. Aimed at 12 to 18 year olds, the booklet was developed with ChildLine and children and young people.

Date: 28th January 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish Government

The Scottish Government has published the responses received to the consultation on tackling child poverty in Scotland.

Date: 7th January 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: UNICEF

An exciting, new secondary school teaching resource to support the teaching of Citizenship and PSHE. Based on Article 27 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - the right to a decent standard of living - this thought provoking resource explores global citizenship and economic well-being.

Date: 3rd December 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: UNICEF

Whether in health, in education, or in material well-being, some children will always fall behind the average. The critical question is - how far behind? Is there a point beyond which falling behind is not inevitable but policy susceptible, not unavoidable but unacceptable, not inequality but inequity?

Date: 3rd December 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Scottish Government

The Scottish Government's National Child Protection Guidance and the Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) approach provides a national framework for agencies and practitioners at local level to draw up and agree on their ways of working to promote the welfare and safety of children and young people.

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Action for Sick Children Scotland

Over the past three years Action for Sick Children (Scotland)'s Children and Young People in and leaving Care project has examined the healthcare needs and issues of children and young people in care. The development of a toolkit to help meet these needs is now complete with the addition of six podcast interviews with relevant healthcare professionals, examining their role and promoting best practice.

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Action for Sick Children Scotland

The Tayside Child Healthcare Rights Project DVD 'Child Health Rights, What do You Know? Young Parents Speak Out' gives information to young parents on how to access healthcare for their children. The DVD is an excellent training resource for those working with young parents.

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Poverty Alliance

This guide has been produced to provide facts and figures alongside case studies of real experience for anyone who is looking for information on poverty in the UK.

Date: 4th October 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: BBC Learning

BBC Learning has compiled two resource packs featuring footage from the BBC Three documentary series, Underage and Pregnant. Both the Teacher's Pack (which includes curriculum based exercises) and the Youth Pack (designed for use in more informal settings) contain exercises that address different aspects of teenage pregnancy, sexual health, relationships and parenting.

Date: 4th October 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Government

This report presents a 10 year strategy for self-directed support in Scotland which aims to set out and drive a cultural shift around the delivery of support that views people as equal citizens with rights and responsibilities.

Date: 1st September 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Mental Welfare Commission

Since 2005 the Mental Welfare Commission has been monitoring what happens to children or young people under 18 if they are admitted to non-specialist settings, such as adult mental health or general paediatric wards, for the treatment of mental illness. The Commission made this a priority because of the duty placed on NHS Boards to provide age appropriate services and accommodation, and because of the particular vulnerability of young people with a mental illness.

Date: 1st September 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Family Nurse Partnership

This briefing paper provides us with the evidence on FNP in England and implications for Scotland and describes the programme's background, benefits and outcomes.

Date: 19th August 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish Government

This publication presents, for the first time, official figures about the distribution of income and relative poverty across Scotland at local authority area level.

Date: 1st July 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Government

Getting it right for every child is a fundamental way of working that builds on research and practice evidence to help practitioners focus on what makes a positive difference for children and young people and act to deliver these improvements.

Date: 29th June 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Scottish Government

New Statutory Guidance relating to meeting the best interests of children facing homelessness has been published by the Scottish Government.

Date: 8th June 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Susan Elsley

This briefing paper explores the extent to which recent UK media coverage has influenced policy on child death cases due to abuse and neglect, focusing on traditional print news coverage of the death of Peter Connelly, known as Baby P. It is informed by an exploration of newspaper reporting on the Baby P. Case.

Date: 1st June 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People

This guidance aims to tackle the risk averse culture that sees children miss out on outdoor activities because staff fear being sued or blamed if an accident occurs.