Date: 7th October 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Children with disabilities
Author: Enquire

Enquire 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.

Date: 13th September 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: UNICEF

New 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.

Date: 1st September 2011
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services

A report detailing the outcomes of a community research project working with young people who were, or had been, in care to design and run their own research.

Date: 21st July 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish Government

This report summarises the results of an investigation into the differing trends in child poverty across the UK between 1998-99 and 2008-09, focusing on the difference between Scotland and England.

Date: 1st July 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish Government

Getting it right 'toolkit' is a comprehensive resource based on a three years' work to develop culture, systems and practice changes across Lanarkshire.

Date: 20th June 2011
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

Delays in decision making and obtaining a permanent home can mean poorer outcomes for children. SCRA carried out research on the processes of care and permanency planning for looked after children in Scotland to identify areas for improvement.

Date: 1st June 2011
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, General measures of implementation
Author: Children’s Rights Alliance for England

The publication makes the case for a consistent rights-based approach to all law, policy and practice affecting children, and explores in depth the implications of a children's rights approach to the family and to juvenile justice. It discusses the values and attitudes underpinning a children's rights framework and reports on good practice in a variety of settings.

Date: 15th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Shelter Scotland

Homelesschildren.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.

Date: 15th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Shelter Scotland

This report highlights the fact that most young homeless people (84 per cent) had also run away over night before the age of 16. This is considerably higher than the national rate of running away which is estimated at 11 per cent.

Date: 4th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Children with disabilities
Author: Parenting UK

Parentchannel.tv is a free online service designed to support and encourage parents and carers of children aged 5-19, with a collection of videos addressing a wide range of parenting topics.

Date: 1st April 2011
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Parenting across Scotland

Parenting across Scotland would like Scotland to be the best place for families to bring up their children but at the moment, it's very far from being that. The Parenting across Scotland manifesto calls on the Scottish Government to 'family-proof' their policies, invest in the importance of parenting, ensure that families get the help they need when they need it, ensure that adequate childcare is available and that employers are family friendly.

Date: 1st April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Young Scot

Young Scot Access All Areas was a three-year inclusion project, which aimed to empower young people from ethnic minority, refugee, asylum seeking and faith groups to influence service provision in their local area, enhance access and promote inclusion.

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: 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: 10th November 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: ChildLine

You can now watch up to nine ChildLine videos which have been translated into British Sign Language (BSL). The videos tackle issues such as bullying, neglect or family relationships.

Date: 2nd November 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Children's Rights Director for England

Before Care, the latest report by Children's Rights Director for England, Dr Roger Morgan, is a small but significant survey of 50 children, from different authorities across the country, who recently entered the care system. It provides first hand accounts of children's experiences before entering care and raises concerns about how ill informed and unprepared some children are when they come into care.

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: 13th October 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Citizens Advice Scotland

Citizens Advice Scotland have published a report highlighting the problems that face people who care for children who are part of their extended family.

Date: 29th September 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Policies & procedures
Author: Scottish Government

This publication contains the latest statistics in relation to child protection, secure care accommodation and close support care accommodation.

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.