Date: 8th April 2024
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation
Author:

During a six-week journey to Finland and Iceland in September and October 2023, Amy Woodhouse CEO Parenting Across Scotland, supported by a Churchill Fellowship, explored how these countries have enhanced access to hobbies for children and young people. The aim was to gather insights that could be applied to Scotland, where despite existing hobby provision, barriers such as financial constraints and lack of a national model hinder participation.

Date: 5th October 2023
Category: Bullying, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Respectme

It's National Bullying Prevention Month and our member Respectme, Scotland’s anti-bullying service, is offering FREE anti-bullying eLearning modules.

Date: 17th July 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author:

A Place in Childhood and Scottish Government worked together with children, co-designing a National Children's Charter for school age childcare.

Date: 17th July 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author:

Discover the voices and perspectives of Scottish teenagers in APiC’s latest report, which delves into their needs and aspirations concerning public spaces. The findings centre around antisocial behaviour, the challenges faced by young people in their communities, and their innovative solutions.

Date: 19th June 2023
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland (CYPCS)

“Let’s Explore Our Rights” supports young children to learn about their human rights, aiming to support early years practitioners to spark first conversations about human rights with very young children.

Date: 19th June 2023
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author:

Children’s Parliament, in partnership with The Alan Turing Institute and the Scottish AI Alliance, has been working with a group of children from across Scotland to find out how they interact with AI, what they think the possibilities and risks are for the use of AI for children in Scotland, and how they think children’s views and ideas should be included in AI development and policy making. 

Date: 19th June 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author:

Starcatchers has just published an executive summary of the findings of the first phase of its Voice of the Child research project, looking ahead to phase 2.

Date: 25th April 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:

Youth Theatre Arts Scotland (YTAS) and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH) teamed up to carry out research into the long-term impacts of participation in youth theatre on participants’ professional and personal lives. The findings reveal the valuable impact of youth theatre experience on participant’s personal and professional lives and is a great resource for theatre organisations looking for proof of their impact.

Date: 28th March 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author:

It is essential that education professionals work effectively and meaningfully with parents to ensure that learning at school and home are connected. These modules have been co-developed with parents of children with a range of additional support needs to support education professionals to do this.

Date: 13th February 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Child poverty
Author:

Aimed at children’s practitioners and school communities, this new resource includes 40 case studies demonstrating tried and tested ways to reduce costs in schools to ensure all children can take part in the school day.

Date: 10th March 2022
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Civil Rights and Freedoms, COVID-19
Author: Child Rights Connect

On behalf of Child Rights Connect, we would like to thank you for joining the webinar “Sharing good practices on how to engage in Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs)”. If you missed the webinar, you can find the recording here and the summary notes here.

Date: 2nd February 2022
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Children's Parliament

The Dignity in School Hub is a free online resource for adults and children to find out more about children’s human rights, learn about the importance of human dignity and build rights-based practice in school.

Date: 17th September 2021
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Education, including vocational education
Author:

This new Anti-racism and inclusion guidance specifically for early years settings has been launched with the aim of supporting practitioners to nurture open and inclusive attitudes in young children.

Date: 28th May 2021
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author:

This webinar engaged in critical discussions about racism and whiteness. Good practice in recognising and developing effective allyship were identified that early years practitioners, researchers, parents, carers, policy makers and community activists can adopt to create tangible change.

Date: 25th March 2021
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, COVID-19
Author:

The National Improvement Hub has issued an overview of practice reports to further support and improve the delivery of high-quality and effective remote learning.

Date: 25th March 2021
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Scottish Government

Scottish Government has published guidelines to help the third sector, community groups and partners in the public and private sector offer practical and effective volunteering opportunities to young people.

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: LGBT Youth Scotland

LGBT+ History Month kicks off on 1st February 2020. This idea pack puts together creative ideas of how to develop online content and events to learn about and celebrate LGBT+ rights, and civil rights movements. 

Date: 4th September 2020
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author:

This guide provides ideas to ensure continuity of learning during school closures. It also offers comprehensive, timely and evidence-based plans for reopening schools in a way that is safe, gender-responsive and child-friendly, whilst also meeting the needs of the most marginalised girls.

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: 7th August 2020
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author:

Children in Scotland was recently tasked with creating a version of the review of the implementation of the Additional Support for Learning (ASL) legislation for children and young people using accessible language. This review considered the implementation of the ASL legislation and how it could be enhanced through better use of resources, staffing or other aspects of provision.