Date: 7th January 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: UNICEF

An exciting, new secondary school teaching resource to support the teaching of Citizenship and PSHE. Based on Article 27 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - the right to a decent standard of living - this thought provoking resource explores global citizenship and economic well-being.

Date: 10th December 2010
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: Equality and Diversity Forum

This report is the result of a pilot project exploring how voluntary organisations that work in the equalities field are using human rights concepts, language and tools in their work.

Date: 3rd December 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: UNICEF

Whether in health, in education, or in material well-being, some children will always fall behind the average. The critical question is - how far behind? Is there a point beyond which falling behind is not inevitable but policy susceptible, not unavoidable but unacceptable, not inequality but inequity?

Date: 3rd December 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Scottish Government

The Scottish Government's National Child Protection Guidance and the Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) approach provides a national framework for agencies and practitioners at local level to draw up and agree on their ways of working to promote the welfare and safety of children and young people.

Date: 1st December 2010
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: National Equality Partnership

This report explores how groups and individuals can use International Human Rights declarations and Human Rights law to challenge unfair decision making and to forge more collaborative ways of working in a pan-equality framework to extend the parameters of equality.

Date: 19th November 2010
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation, UK 1st periodic review
Author: Children’s Rights Alliance for England

The State of Children's Rights in England is the first independent assessment of the coalition Government's record on children's human rights. This unique report brings together official statistics and research evidence relating to children's rights. It summarises budget announcements relating to children and families, as well as legal developments, over the past 12 months.

Date: 10th November 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: ChildLine

You can now watch up to nine ChildLine videos which have been translated into British Sign Language (BSL). The videos tackle issues such as bullying, neglect or family relationships.

Date: 2nd November 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Children's Rights Director for England

Before Care, the latest report by Children's Rights Director for England, Dr Roger Morgan, is a small but significant survey of 50 children, from different authorities across the country, who recently entered the care system. It provides first hand accounts of children's experiences before entering care and raises concerns about how ill informed and unprepared some children are when they come into care.

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Equal protection from violence
Author: The Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research

The review draws on available sources of data from administrative sources (recorded crime, criminal proceedings, school exclusions, referrals to the Children's Hearings System) and from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey to construct a picture of what is known about youth violence using official data sources.

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Children in situations of exploitation
Author: Waverley Care

In recognition of World Aids Day on 1 December, Waverley Care has produced a series of resource sheets to help young people think about their own attitudes and challenge misconceptions about HIV and Aids.The aim of this work is to minimise onward transmission and break down barriers of stigma and discrimination.

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: UNICEF

The overall goal of the toolkit is to support UNICEF and their partners in implementing key provisions of the CRC relating to children in conflict with the law, specifically: reducing children's contact with judicial proceedings and ensuring that deprivation of liberty of children in conflict with the law is actually used as a last resort, decreasing the number of children deprived of liberty.

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Action for Sick Children Scotland

Over the past three years Action for Sick Children (Scotland)'s Children and Young People in and leaving Care project has examined the healthcare needs and issues of children and young people in care. The development of a toolkit to help meet these needs is now complete with the addition of six podcast interviews with relevant healthcare professionals, examining their role and promoting best practice.

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Action for Sick Children Scotland

The Tayside Child Healthcare Rights Project DVD 'Child Health Rights, What do You Know? Young Parents Speak Out' gives information to young parents on how to access healthcare for their children. The DVD is an excellent training resource for those working with young parents.

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Poverty Alliance

This guide has been produced to provide facts and figures alongside case studies of real experience for anyone who is looking for information on poverty in the UK.

Date: 13th October 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Citizens Advice Scotland

Citizens Advice Scotland have published a report highlighting the problems that face people who care for children who are part of their extended family.

Date: 12th October 2010
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Eurochild

This publication demonstrates, through the description of concrete case studies, how children and young people can participate and get involved in decisions affecting their lives and how their participation can contribute to the fight against child poverty and social exclusion.

Date: 10th October 2010
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Human Rights Commission

Scotland was the host of the 10th International Conference of National Human Rights Institutions, which took place at the Scottish Parliament from 8 - 10 October 2010.

Date: 4th October 2010
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Children & Young People Now

The Government has embarked on a programme of reforms that could revolutionise the education system in England. Lauren Higgs explains the changes, and what they will mean for all those who work with children, young people and families.

Date: 4th October 2010
Category: Children with disabilities
Author: Zoe Picton - Howell

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child ("the Children's Convention"), ratified by the UK in December 1991, has arguably done little to improve the lives of the UK's estimated 700,000 children living with disability.

Date: 4th October 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: BBC Learning

BBC Learning has compiled two resource packs featuring footage from the BBC Three documentary series, Underage and Pregnant. Both the Teacher's Pack (which includes curriculum based exercises) and the Youth Pack (designed for use in more informal settings) contain exercises that address different aspects of teenage pregnancy, sexual health, relationships and parenting.