New report: National Children’s Charter for school age childcare in Scotland

Date: 17th July 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
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A Place in Childhood and Scottish Government worked together with children, co-designing a National Children's Charter for school age childcare.

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New research: Teenagers and public space

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

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New book for younger children: Let’s Explore our Rights

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.

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Children’s views on AI – a new report from Children’s Parliament

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

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First phase of Starcatchers' Voice of the Child research project published

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

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New research reveals the positive life-changing impacts of youth theatre participation

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

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Working Together - equality and equity modules

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

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Cost of the school day: ideas bank

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

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Webinar recording: Voluntary National Reviews

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 .

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The Dignity in School Hub

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.

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