Date: 10th July 2020
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One Parent Families Scotland has gathered advice and tips from single parents and others to help single parents look after themselves, feel less tired and lonely.

Date: 10th July 2020
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The International Telecommunication Union Guidelines on Child Online Protection are a comprehensive set of recommendations for parents, educators and policy makers on how to contribute to the development of a safe and empowering online environment for children and adolescents. These updated Guidelines for children aim to create a space for dialogue between children, their parents and carers, their teacher and educators and their peers, and support children to deal with the potential risks while also empowering them to explore the opportunities of the internet.

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author: Zero Tolerance

Play is vital to help children develop their full potential and explore their interests. Therefore, it is important that children’s play is not limited by stereotypes about what boys and girls should do and be. Zero Tolerance has put together resources and play ideas that are stereotype-free and perfect for all genders.

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
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Clear Your Head has produced a wealth of tips and tricks to help children and young people keep moving, create routines, look after themselves, stay in touch and feel calmer.

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
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The #PowerOfYouth campaign is a nationwide collaborative effort, which aims to recognise young people for their efforts, empower more young people to make a difference and give opportunities for young people to shape their future. This site is curated by young people, for young people, offering resources to get support, take action, be heard and celebrate their efforts.

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Domestic Abuse
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Scottish Women's Aid Young Expert group (Yello!) have created an animation for children and young people who do not feel safe at home during lockdown.

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author: Children's Parliament

This newspaper for children includes children's rights-based activities, creative ideas and tips from Members of Children's Parliament on how to keep happy, healthy, safe and connected.

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Non-discrimination
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This activity will develop children’s understanding of what is meant by the word discrimination and the impact this can have on different groups.

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms
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These resources support communication and understanding of the Black Lives Matter movement and alleviate children and young people’s nerves about returning to school in the context of COVID-19. The resources are in the form of visuals, which are easy to process and understand for many.

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Action for Children

Two toolkits have been created, one for children and young people aged 11-18 years old and one for adults working with them. Each toolkit includes printable activities and ideas to get children and young people writing to express their thoughts and feelings.

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
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This podcast shares the latest evidenced-based practice from academics, senior leaders, social workers and experts by experience to improve children’s social care and the outcomes it generates for children and families.

Date: 13th May 2020
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From muscle relaxation to breathing and written exercises, the app offers people a range of techniques for coping with difficult feelings, as well as suggestions for non-screen activities that people can build into their daily lives to help themselves cope.

Date: 7th May 2020
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The 'Wheel of Apps' identifies and categories apps available on an iPad which can be a useful tool for teaching and learning for both primary and secondary aged learners with complex additional support needs.

Date: 7th May 2020
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Child participation gives children the opportunity to express their views, have these views taken seriously and offer the chance to influence decision making. This document provides guidance on how to have meaningful child participation safely and ethically during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Date: 7th May 2020
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The Connecting Scotland initiative aims to support digitally excluded vulnerable people who are on a low income or at extremely high risk of severe illness from COVID-19, and organisations that is currently working with the digitally excluded.

Date: 7th May 2020
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The Talking Change Podcast engages with key organisations and individuals, from subject matter experts and frontline workers, to young people themselves, politicians and law enforcement. This podcast identifies problems that children and young people face today and explains why addressing these problems matter.

Date: 7th May 2020
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Mind Yer Time has been designed by children and young people from Children’s Parliament and the Scottish Youth Parliament to empower other children and young people across Scotland to use screens and social media in healthy ways.

Date: 9th April 2020
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The Children in Scotland Podcast aims to gather and share interesting projects, work and developments from across the sector, engaging key organisations and individuals in timely debate and discussions. So far Children in Scotland have held discussions on the following:

Date: 11th March 2020
Category: General measures of implementation
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Unicef has produced a ten-part podcast series on the future of childhood, including episodes on the UNCRC.

Date: 12th February 2020
Category: Respect for the views of the child
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’We Are Here. A Child Participation Toolbox’, offers a practical set of tools to implement meaningful children’s participation and encourage collaboration between generations in a variety of settings.