NCB (UK): Early Support for children and young people

Date: 23rd July 2013
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: National Children's Bureau

A series of films addressing the questions that every young person has at some point wanted to ask, has been made freely available online by Early Support.

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SCRA launches new products for children and young people

Date: 28th June 2013
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

The Scottish Children's Report Administration (SCRA) has introduced two new products for children and young people: a 'Going to Court' film and a magazine called 'The Zone'.

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NCB (UK): Getting children involved in shaping local health services

Date: 28th June 2013
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Respect for the views of the child
Author: National Children's Bureau

The National Children's Bureau (NCB) is launching a new resource for local Healthwatch bodies, designed to help them harness the experiences of young users of the health and social care systems.

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SCRA introduces new information leaflets for children and young people

Date: 25th June 2013
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

The Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA) has introduced new information leaflets and has revised existing materials for children and young people to ensure that they are compliant with the Children's Hearing (Scotland) Act 2011.

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Eurochild's Advocacy Strategy on child poverty and well-being

Date: 23rd June 2013
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Respect for the views of the child
Author: European Commission

The European Commission's Recommendation on Investing in Children was adopted in February 2013, and an Advocacy Strategy is now available to help implement it.

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NHS Education for Scotland launches Foetal Alcohol Harm e-learning resource

Date: 20th June 2013
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Children in Scotland

NHS Education Scotland has recently launched our nation's first on-line course on Foetal Alcohol Harm and Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FAS/FASD).

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How Safe Are Our Children?

Date: 29th April 2013
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: NSPCC

A report has been produced by the NSPCC Strategy Unit, compiling the most up-to-date child protection data that exists for each of the four nations in the UK.

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Eurochild publishes report "Breaking the cycle of Roma exclusion"

Date: 12th April 2013
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Eurochild

To mark International Roma Day (8th April 2013), Eurochild published the report " Breaking the cycle of Roma exclusion - The situation of Roma children & promising practices that promote children's rights and well-being ".

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Eurochild and EAPN launch Explainer "Towards Children’s Well-Being in the EU"

Date: 10th April 2013
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: Eurochild

EAPN and Eurochild have launched their Explainer " Towards Children's Well-Being in the EU ", which aims to raise public awareness on child poverty in Europe and on the devastating effects it has on lives of children and families as well as on society as a whole.

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Young people’s health and wellbeing: a summary of Scottish Government policy

Date: 10th April 2013
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Scottish Government

This document sets out a summary of the key Scottish Government policies that aim to support young people's health and wellbeing.

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