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Report Card 10: Measuring child poverty
Date: 2nd July 2012
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: UNICEFThe publication of UNICEF's latest Report Card on 29 May led to a flurry of activity. On the day of the report's release, Jackie Baillie MSP tabled a motion calling 'for a clear focus on the poorest children to ensure that they are not placed at a disadvantage as a result of cuts in public spending'.
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Homeless, Not Hopeless
Date: 22nd June 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Children in ScotlandThere are more homeless children and young people throughout Scotland than most people think. They often need help to become (or remain) successful learners. Some are already receiving valuable assistance within and/or outwith school. But, others don't receive the additional support they want and need -- despite laws and policies that say they should.
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Common Core of skills, knowledge & understanding and values for the “children’s workforce” in Scotland
Date: 22nd June 2012
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish GovernmentThe Common Core describes the skills, knowledge and understanding, and values that everyone should have if they work with children, young people and their families, whether they are paid or unpaid.
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New Resource on Homophobic Bullying
Date: 15th June 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation
Author: LGBT Youth ScotlandThis new resource on Homophobic Bullying is targeted at all pupils in Scottish Schools as part of the Challenging Homophobia Together Schools Project.
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Getting it Right for Play Toolkit
Date: 15th June 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Play ScotlandThe Getting it Right for Play Toolkit, published by Play Scotland, gives local authorities and community groups evaluation tools to assess the extent to which the outdoor play needs of children and young people are being met.
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GUS 6th Annual Conference Report - findings from Year 6
Date: 13th June 2012
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Growing Up in Scotland studyThe report from the sixth Annual GUS Conference is available to download along with a copy of the Minister's speech, the presentation slides from the day and an audio recording of the main presentations.
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New report on the early experiences of Primary School
Date: 31st May 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Scottish GovernmentA new report from the Growing Up in Scotland study provides new information about experiences of starting primary school for children and their parents.
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New findings from the Growing Up in Scotland study
Date: 10th May 2012
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Growing Up in Scotland studyAlmost every parent in Scotland is involved, engaged and highly satisfied in their child's schooling in the early years according to key findings from the latest report.
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Playground Charter and Pupil UNCRC Resources
Date: 3rd April 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Hill of Beath Primary SchoolHill of Beath Primary School has a 'Breaktime Improvement Team' (HOBBIT) made up of pupils who work together to make sure their playground is a safe and happy place to be.
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Extra Support at School: The Rights of Looked After Children
Date: 7th December 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: EnquireThe law says that all looked after children should have the extra support they need to get the most out of their education and achieve their full potential. Enquire has published a new briefing paper that explains the rights of looked after children under the Additional Support for Learning Act.
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Pocket Book of Children’s Rights
Date: 18th October 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation
Author: UNICEFThe Pocket Book of Children's Rights uses child friendly language and illustrations to explain the 42 articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Child and working-age poverty from 2010 to 2020
Date: 11th October 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Institute for Fiscal StudiesWhat levels of poverty might there be for children and working-age adults by 2020?
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Enquire interview with young carers about educational issues
Date: 7th October 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Children with disabilities
Author: EnquireEnquire gives advice and information about children's rights to extra support if they need it to get the most out of school. Their youth officer recently interviewed some young people at the Young Carers Festival to find out their views about the issues young carers may face at school and the support that helps.
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Finding the balance: Children’s right to confidentiality in an age of information sharing
Date: 29th September 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Centre for Learning in Child ProtectionA report from a Roundtable event organised by ChildLine Scotland and the Centre for Learning in Child Protection at the University of Edinburgh to critically explore children's right to confidentiality and the need to share appropriate information with an explicit aim of safeguarding children.
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Scottish Spending Review 2011 and draft budget 2012 - 13
Date: 21st September 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish GovernmentThe Scottish Government has published its Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13. It sets out Scottish public spending plans for the next three financial years and targets investment to increase sustainable economic growth and transform public services.
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Child well-being in the UK, Spain and Sweden
Date: 13th September 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: UNICEFNew research by Ipsos Mori for UNICEF UK has shown that children in the UK feel trapped in a "materialistic culture" and don't have enough time with their families.
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Lanarkshire Getting it right toolkit
Date: 1st July 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish GovernmentGetting it right 'toolkit' is a comprehensive resource based on a three years' work to develop culture, systems and practice changes across Lanarkshire.
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Young disabled people use video to make UN Convention accessible
Date: 2nd June 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Children with disabilities
Author: Whizz-KidzSix Whizz-Kidz Ambassadors set out to demystify the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People in a video explaining their own experiences of school and their busy social lives.
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Untangling Article 31 Seminar Report
Date: 2nd June 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: International Play Association (Scotland)This seminar explored article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in which children's rights to play, recreation, cultural life and the arts are established.
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Homeless Children
Date: 15th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Shelter ScotlandHomelesschildren.org.uk is an online resource which provides expert guidance and advice for education professionals on measures they can take to mitigate the impact of homelessness on a child's schooldays.
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