Date: 9th October 2018
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: ASH Scotland

ASH Scotland has launched a new tobacco-free schools resource pack which aims to address a range of themes including e-cigarettes, finances, mental health, the benefits of being smoke-free, dealing with pressure, building confidence and resilience.

Date: 9th October 2018
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Youthlink Scotland

YouthLink Scotland has launched a new resource which has been designed to help individuals and organisations interested in running youth-led heritage research projects.

Date: 25th September 2018
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author:

Girlguiding UK has published its annual report on the attitudes of girls in 2018. Based on survey responses from 1,903 girls and young women aged 7-21-years-old from across the UK, the report highlights girls' views on a range of topics, including mental health; wellbeing and happiness; periods; education; relationships and socialising and safety.

Date: 25th September 2018
Category:
Author: Scottish Government

Scottish Government has published findings from a national review of care allowances for children living in foster care, kinship care and adoption placements, as well as results from an online survey and focus groups with foster and kinship carers.

Date: 21st September 2018
Category: Education, including vocational education, Additional support for learning
Author: University of Edinburgh

The Salvesen Mindroom Centre delivered by The University of Edinburgh in partnership with The James Lind Alliance has published a report presenting the findings from their project, Research Priorities for Learning Difficulties.

Date: 21st September 2018
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author:

In light of the Fairer Scotland Duty which came into effect in April 2018, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has published a report which aims to highlight how duties on public sector bodies in Scotland have worked to reduce socio-economic disadvantage which they define as “a range of factors, including poverty, health, education, limited social mobility, housing and a lack of expectations”.

Date: 21st September 2018
Category: Mental health, Health and health services
Author:

The Auditor General and the Accounts Commission in Scotland have published a report which aims to explore the effectiveness of children and young people’s mental health services across Scotland in terms of delivery and funding.

Date: 21st September 2018
Category: Education, including vocational education, Additional support for learning, Respect for the views of the child
Author:

Reach has launched three children’s rights animations which aim to help pupils understand their rights to be supported, listened to and involved in decisions about the help they need at school.

Date: 21st September 2018
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Author: Child Rights Connect

Child Rights Connect has published the Day of General Discussion (DGD) children’s report which presents the findings gathered in consultations between March and June 2018 with children and young people about the theme of the DGD, ‘Children as Human Rights Defenders’.

Date: 12th September 2018
Category: Child poverty, Education, including vocational education, Additional support for learning, Parental guidance
Author: Child Poverty Action Group

Alongside their recent film launched in partnership with NHS Health Scotland, Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) have published a toolkit which aims to support schools in addressing financial barriers to participation and learning.

Date: 12th September 2018
Category: Equal protection from violence, Protection from abuse or neglect, Children in situations of exploitation
Author: Women’s World Summit Foundation (WWSF)

Women’s World Summit Foundation (WWSF) have launched their 2018 Prevention Kit ahead of their forthcoming “19 Days of Activism for Prevention of Violence Against Children and Youth” which will take place from the 1-19 November 2018.

Date: 12th September 2018
Category: Child poverty, Health and health services, Right to life, survival and development
Author:

The Food Foundation have published their latest report which aims to assess how affordable the Eatwell guide is for low-income households.

Date: 28th August 2018
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

Children's Health Scotland (CHS) has produced a Children and Young People's (CYP) Healthcare Rights e-learning resource for practitioners in health and social care who work with children and young people. 

Date: 27th June 2018
Category: Non-discrimination, Domestic Abuse
Author:

LGBT Youth Scotland has launched their new LGBT Domestic Abuse website which is designed to support professionals working with survivors of abuse.

Date: 27th February 2018
Category: Funding
Author: Equality and Human Rights Commission

The Legal Support Project that was launched by the EHRC in September 2017 has been extended to include claims relating to services and housing, as well as continuing their work in education.

Date: 31st January 2018
Category: Protection of privacy
Author: UK Safer Internet Centre

UK Safer Internet Centre have created free Education Packs to help schools, youth groups, charities, and police services promote Safer Internet Day, which is being held on 6th February.

Date: 17th January 2018
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC
Author: UN Human Rights Committee

An analysis of the 2016 findings of the UN Human Rights Committee has been published which looks at the main issues emerging from the Concluding Observations and decisions made during 2016. For the first time, the report includes information from the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Date: 12th December 2017
Category: Additional support for learning
Author: Dyslexia Scotland

Dyslexia Scotland have launched 'Dyslexia Unwrapped', their new website for children and young people aged 8-18 with dyslexia.

Date: 12th December 2017
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

The Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice has produced a new resource to help people better understand youth crime patterns, processes and trends.

Date: 27th November 2017
Category: Bullying
Author: Scottish Government

Refreshed anti-bullying guidance has been launched for everyone who works with children and young people.