Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities, Education, including vocational education
Author:

Creative Skills Manager, Heather Armstrong spoke with Amy Hall-Gibson, drama artist and storyteller. They discuss how to bring stories alive, creative ideas for Christmas 2020 and modelling open-mindedness to early years children.

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Education, including vocational education
Author:

This long-form documentary focuses exclusively on young people’s perspectives on the complex issue of school exclusions.

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Social security and childcare, Equal protection from violence, Protection of privacy, Education, including vocational education
Author: Council of Europe

Kiko, the character within the storybook and video, discovers screens and the misuse of pictures online. The video and storybook aim to help parents and carers to protect children aged four to seven and to avoid their exposure to phones with video, photo cameras or webcams.

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Children with disabilities, Health and health services, COVID-19
Author:

The booklets aim to provide people with mild to moderate learning/intellectual disabilities with an opportunity to talk about their feelings with their support network.

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Child poverty, Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

The course helps build an understanding of how to care for vulnerable children. It is suitable for anyone who may come into contact with them or has an interest in this area.

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: COVID-19, Basic Health and Welfare, Child poverty
Author: Eurochild

Watch the highlights video of Eurochild’s webinar series focused on how to bring a children’s rights perspective to Europe’s recovery from COVID-19 and the economic crisis. 

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author:

These activity cards equip the whole family with ideas of how to keep active regardless of the weather.

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Education, including vocational education, Additional support for learning
Author:

The campaign aims to encourage parents and carers to get involved in their children’s learning when they are in Primary 1, 2 and 3. Activity bags have been developed which include books and games to help children learn and have fun.

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author:

The course focuses on how to care for and protect unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children who are moving across and between countries. It was developed by the University of Strathclyde and CELCIS, and it is available through FutureLearn.

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: Child rights impact assessments
Author: Scottish Government

Scottish Government has recently published a list of all child rights and wellbeing impact assessments (CRWIAs) which have been published since December 2015.

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: Education, including vocational education
Author: Youthlink Scotland

YouthLink Scotland’s Learning for Sustainability Hub is now live! In it, you can find all of the organisation’s resources on outdoor learning, global citizenship, sustainable development, youth social action, political literacy and climate change under one roof.

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: COVID-19, Mental health, Education, including vocational education
Author: Youthlink Scotland

This latest edition explores youth work's response to COVID-19, spanning from the rush to implement digital youth work practice to efforts across the sector to provide online mental health and wellbeing support.

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: Additional support for learning, Education, including vocational education
Author:

Three free online learning modules provide information for teachers, schools and local authorities on inclusive practice, literacy difficulties and dyslexia. It guides learners through a child-centred, collaborative process of identification, assessment, support and monitoring.

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: Bullying
Author: Respectme

The #whatmadeitbetter campaign aims to provide a platform for children, young people and adults to share what helped and did not help them when they experienced bullying behaviour. The resources are designed to support adults to have meaningful discussions with children and young people about how bullying incidents are managed, and the ways in which adults can best support young people in the future.

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: COVID-19, Mental health, Child poverty, Social security and childcare, Health and health services, Education, including vocational education
Author: UNICEF

The library contains global scientific research and evidence on children and the coronavirus pandemic, building upon UNCEF Innocenti’s existing COVID-19 rapid research response microsite.

Date: 12th November 2020
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author: British Academy

As part of its Childhood Policy Programme, the British Academy has recently hosted a panel discussion on children’s engagement with the environments around them, now available on YouTube.

Date: 28th October 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author:

The podcast started as a way of reflecting on experiences of Covid-19 and later developed into deep discussions about what it means to be care experienced. There are four episodes in our first season so far.

Date: 27th October 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author:

The website aims to help children find and access both support and representation from a children’s advocacy worker for children’s hearings.

Date: 27th October 2020
Category: Additional support for learning
Author: Enquire

Enquire has put together information and resources on practical ways to support pupils with additional support needs and tips for working with parents, carers and young people.

Date: 12th October 2020
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

The guide covers a wide variety of themes, including children’s rights, early and effective intervention, risk management, diversity, restorative justice, adversity and justice, mental health, and speech and language communication needs.