Scotland’s Commissioner gets animated about sport

Date: 2nd July 2014
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

A new film has been launched by Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People, which includes children's views of sport and how they access and enjoy sport in Scotland.

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‘Bullying: a guide for parents and carers’

Date: 10th June 2014
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Respectme

Respect me has launched a new resource which aims to give adults the practical skills and confidence to support children and young people, and to deal with bullying behaviour.

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Policy briefing on young carers’ rights

Date: 10th June 2014
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People

The latest policy briefing published by Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People (SCCYP) outlines how the rights of young carers can be safeguarded in Scotland.

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CELCIS briefing: Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

Date: 27th May 2014
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Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

CELCIS has published the first in a new series of briefings that explain specific parts of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

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‘Children’s rights in sustainability reporting’ tool

Date: 27th May 2014
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: UNICEF

This is the exciting second edition of a tool intended to help companies report and communicate on how they are respecting and supporting children's rights.

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Improving outcomes: first Doran e-Newsletter published

Date: 13th May 2014
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Scottish Government

The Scottish Government has recently published the first edition of the Doran e-Newsletter, which aims to bring people up to speed with developments affecting children and young people with complex additional support needs.

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Revising ‘Scotland's National Performance Framework’: briefing update

Date: 13th May 2014
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: ScotLink

This briefing is offered as a contribution to the current review of the National Performance Framework, and is the result of collaboration between some of Scotland's leading civil society organisations.

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Rights booklet for young people who are Looked After away from home

Date: 13th May 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Scottish Government

The Scottish Government has published a booklet to inform children looked after away from home about their rights.

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Connect! - engagement and events for young people

Date: 29th April 2014
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament's youth engagement project, Connect! has some great new web pages with lots of information available for young people and youth workers.

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Publication on children's right to play and culture launched

Date: 29th April 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People

A new publication giving an overview of children's access to play and culture in Scotland has recently been launched.

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National Framework for Child Protection: Learning and Development

Date: 29th April 2014
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: WithScotland

The purpose of the National Framework for Child Protection Learning and Development is to set out a common set of skills and standards for workers to ensure the delivery of a consistently high standard of support to children and young people across the country.

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Building an inclusive Europe – the contribution of children’s participation report

Date: 15th April 2014
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Eurochild

The theme of Eurochild's 2013 Annual Conference was "Building an inclusive Europe - the contribution of children's participation" and the conference report has now been published.

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New corporate parenting resources now online!

Date: 1st April 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Who Cares? Scotland

A new and updated corporate parenting resource kit is available alongside a range of resources and information relating to looked after children and care leavers and the duties on corporate parents and professionals.

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New equality and human rights support for Scotland’s 3rd sector

Date: 1st April 2014
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Equality and Human Rights Performance Framework is a free online resource developed to improve performance and effectiveness by approaching things from an equality and human rights-based perspective.

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Recognising and Realising Children's Rights resource

Date: 18th March 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Education Scotland

Education Scotland has produced a national professional development resource for adults working with children and young people, to develop participants' knowledge and understanding of the UNCRC.

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Children & young people's participation in policy-making: sharing practice

Date: 7th March 2014
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Centre for Research on Families and Relationships

A culmination of a knowledge exchange initiative to explore the challenges in ensuring the meaningful participation of children and young people in policy.

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Listening to children in their early years

Date: 24th February 2014
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Enquire

A new film has been made by Enquire on listening to children and it was launched at their 2014 Annual Conference.

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Children in Scotland members briefing: CYP Bill & named persons

Date: 18th February 2014
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Children in Scotland

Children in Scotland has produced a members briefing concerning the Named Person section (Part 4) of the proposed Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill.

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Parenting resources report

Date: 18th February 2014
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: CHILDREN 1ST

CHILDREN 1ST has published a report mapping current parenting information resources, including an online resource list with links.

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Parliamentary briefings for child sexual exploitation debate

Date: 4th February 2014
Category: Equal protection from violence, Children in situations of exploitation
Author: Barnardo's Scotland

In advance of the Parliamentary debate held on 28th January 2014 to discuss the recommendations in the Public Petitions Committee inquiry report into child sexual exploitation (CSE), some of Together's members prepared Parliamentary briefings.

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