Date: 8th July 2021
Category: Children of prisoners
Author:

‘A Guide to Youth Justice: policy, practice and legislation’ is aimed at practitioners and managers who work with children and young people who offend or who are at risk of offending. It is also useful for academics, educators and anyone else with an interest in youth and criminal justice.

Date: 8th July 2021
Category: Armed conflict
Author: Child Rights International Network (CRIN)

Encouraging young people to think critically about armed forces recruitment and human rights, CRIN has commissioned spoken word artist Potent Whisper, animator Neda Ahmadi, and sound designers Torch & Compass to create an animated poem.

Date: 8th July 2021
Category: Child poverty
Author: Child Poverty Action Group

Talking about school costs and money can be challenging but doing it well helps make sure families get the financial support they need and helps children and young people realise their right to education. The Cost of the School Day project at Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland has just launched a new resource and animation designed to support school-to-home conversations about costs and money.

Date: 8th July 2021
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author:

Listen to Jana Hainsworth, Secretary-General of Eurochild, and MEPs Eva Kopacz and Roberta Metsola discuss how the situation of children’s rights has evolved in the last few decades. Hear about the value of child participation, early childhood development and more!

Date: 18th June 2021
Category: Children with disabilities
Author:

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) has been working to produce a resource bank for people with learning disabilities and those who support them.

Date: 18th June 2021
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author:

The Global Compact on Refugees and Migration represents a political will and ambition of the international community for more equitable responsibility-sharing of refugees so host communities can get the support they need to help refugees settle into their new communities. This guide looks at what children’s rights protections are set out in the Compact.

Date: 18th June 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Who Cares? Scotland

Following consultation with Care Experienced people who have graduated from college and university, Who Cares? Scotland found out their experiences of graduation, barriers they faced, and what they think would be helpful in overcoming these. This guide has been created for Corporate Parents to aid them to overcome these barriers.

Date: 18th June 2021
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author:

Now that the UK has left the European Union, children and adults from other European countries who live in the UK may need to apply for permission to stay.

Date: 18th June 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

Transform the current public narrative and perceptions around care and care experience by identifying and tackling challenging assumptions and attitudes using this resource guide.

Date: 28th May 2021
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, COVID-19
Author:

Many organisations are unable to rely on their normal means of reaching the communities they serve because of COVID-19 and digital exclusion adds additional barrier to finding a solution. The Reaching Families Remotely project has shared nine steps organisations can take to aid day-to-day delivery of services and to shape new service designs to ensure effective and meaningful engagement with families.

Date: 28th May 2021
Category: COVID-19
Author:

This COVID-19 resource bank includes Easy Read information, activities and more, that can be used by children and young people with learning difficulties, their families and their supporters.

Date: 28th May 2021
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author:

This webinar engaged in critical discussions about racism and whiteness. Good practice in recognising and developing effective allyship were identified that early years practitioners, researchers, parents, carers, policy makers and community activists can adopt to create tangible change.

Date: 28th May 2021
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author:

Now available in Spanish, French and English, use this guide to learn more about what you can do to strengthen the protection and empowerment of child human rights defenders.

Date: 13th May 2021
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author:

Training delivered by young, diverse people can help organisations challenge racism and discrimination within their own organisation. Based on the learning developed, organisations can safely and effectively engage with young BIPOC Scots, overcome barriers to participation and encourage young people to stand up for their rights.

Date: 13th May 2021
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author:

Designed to aid youth workers across the UK, this guide will help you to confidently facilitate conversations around race and inequality with young people.

Date: 13th May 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

Covid-19 has brought about new ways of working and innovative ideas. CELCIS has put together a range of examples of how people are meeting the challenge of responding to the effects of this public health emergency when supporting care experienced children and young people.

Date: 13th May 2021
Category: Protection of privacy
Author: Child Rights Connect

These guidelines offer practical insights into the application of General Comment No. 25, especially in the context of online discussions with children.

Date: 13th May 2021
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: Child Rights Connect

Hear directly from UN Treaty Body experts about how to best protect every child’s right to a nationality using UN Human rights frameworks.

Date: 23rd April 2021
Category:
Author:

Parent-Infant Foundation has created a toolkit as a guide for developing an effective and specialised parent-infant relationship team.

Date: 26th March 2021
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

This factsheet addresses the frequently asked questions on human rights and climate change with a section focusing on the impact of climate change on children and their rights.