Date: 27th July 2016
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: ASH Scotland

ASH Scotland have written a blog for the Commissioner's Office. The blog is a useful resource for protecting children from the effects of second-hand smoke and why this matters from a rights perspective.

Date: 27th July 2016
Category: Looked after children
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

Watch this new animation from CELCIS which explains how they work to reduce waiting times for young people without a permanent place to live.

Date: 27th July 2016
Category: Looked after children
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

CELCIS regularly upload various resources, covering a wide range of topics relating to the welfare of looked after children including research, blogs and evaluations.

Date: 27th July 2016
Category: Child poverty
Author: Eurochild

A resource developed with children, for children. This child friendly resource explains the Recommendation on Investing in Children, which was produced originally by the European Commission in 2013.

Date: 27th July 2016
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Kopin

This new resource is a set of recommended principles to guide actions concerning children on the move and other children affected by migration, prepared by a large number of experts from UN agencies, academics, donor agencies and civil society organisations.

Date: 29th June 2016
Category: Additional support for learning
Author: Education Scotland

Education Scotland has refreshed its self-evaluation framework for Community Learning and Development practitioners. The new framework replaces How Good is Our Community Learning and Development? (2nd edition) published in 2006.

Date: 29th June 2016
Category: Looked after children
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

This resource demonstrates the journey a young person leaving the care system can take. It is aimed at both practitioners and young people moving towards more independent living and young adulthood.

Date: 29th June 2016
Category: Child poverty
Author: Scottish Government

An easy-read summary of statistics on poverty in Scotland. This has been developed jointly with the Scottish Government and Poverty Truth Commission (PTC) and includes the main statistical headlines alongside contributions from people with experience of living in poverty.

Date: 15th June 2016
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect
Author: roshni

roshni has developed a free national resource aimed at frontline staff and professionals across the public, private and third sectors which is Level 9 SCQA credit-rated entitled 'Supporting Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Building Knowledge and Skills (CSA2)'

Date: 15th June 2016
Category: Awareness-raising
Author:

People under 18 have human rights, just like everyone else. What are these rights, and how are they protected in Scotland?

Date: 15th June 2016
Category: Mental health
Author: NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGGC)

A new website developed by NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGGC) has been launched specifically to promote mental health and wellbeing in young people.

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Parental responsibilities
Author: Fathers Network Scotland

What does father-proofing mean in practice? As part of Year of the Dad, two major new papers have been presented showing exactly how organisations often unconsciously exclude dads - and the huge growth in those who have turned 'father-friendly'.

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Awareness-raising
Author:

The Commissioner's office currently has several copies of a free booklet exploring the rights of children and young people.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: UK Government

In encouraging as many voters as possible to take part in the EU Referendum on Thursday 23rd June, the Electoral Commission has produced a toolkit resource to help voters, including young people aged 18 and over, to find more information on voting.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: Council of Europe

This Assessment Tool provides specific and measurable indicators with which States can begin to measure progress in implementing Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)2 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the participation of children and young people under the age of 18.

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Awareness-raising
Author: UNICEF UK

The Child Rights Launchpad has a new face, designed to take children and young people in Scotland on an exciting journey to explore their rights.

Date: 26th April 2016
Category: Awareness-raising, General measures of implementation
Author:

This new resource from CYPCS is aimed at young people in order to inform them of their rights, as set out by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Date: 26th April 2016
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

Places are now available for registration on CELCIS's free online course which teaches approaches involved in caring for vulnerable children.

Date: 12th April 2016
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Government

New Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessments (CRWIA) have been published by the Scottish Government.

Date: 7th April 2016
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: CYPCS

The Commissioner's Office has redesigned its Golden Rules pack for children, with the addition of a new pack designed for work with young people.