Date: 3rd September 2021
Category: Additional support for learning, Children with disabilities
Author: The Scottish Child Law Centre

Created to help children and young people with additional support needs to learn about their rights and how to use them, these animations cover a range of topics including: exclusion; coordinated support plans; and responsibilities held by public bodies to identify, provide for and review additional support needs.

Date: 3rd September 2021
Category: COVID-19
Author: Parenting across Scotland

Parenting across Scotland held a webinar to explore the issues, research and experience of those supporting under-fives and their families during the pandemic.

Date: 23rd August 2021
Category: Equal protection from violence
Author: ChildLine

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and Childline have created a new tool for under-18s who want to report, and to have removed, pictures or videos of themselves.

Date: 23rd August 2021
Category: Equal protection from violence
Author: NSPCC

This episode discusses the complexities of domestic abuse and why it is a safeguarding and child protection issue.

Date: 23rd August 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

The Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ), in collaboration with the Scottish Child Law Centre, has produced a new resource to support Scottish solicitors and practitioners with Good Practice Principles when representing care experienced children in police custody, to ensure their rights are upheld.

Date: 23rd August 2021
Category: Mental health
Author: Children's Parliament

Mind Yer Time is a digital resource which helps children and young people use screens and social media in a healthy way. Children’s Parliament have developed Screensavers as part of this digital resource. These Screensavers share positive tips, stories and information for children and young people, to help use screen time positively.

Date: 30th July 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author:

Local authorities are now under a duty to support sibling contact. This national practice guidance is a resource that provides practical advice, based on research and evidence to aid the implementation of the rights siblings have.

Date: 8th July 2021
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: British Institute of Human Rights

BIHR has launched its Communities of Practice platform which acts like a social media networking site where you can have your say on key human rights issues that affect your life and work.

Date: 8th July 2021
Category: Non-discrimination
Author:

Helping organisations to have a better understanding of race and racism in public, social and organisational policies, this resource aims to support organisations to respond better to the challenges of tackling inequality.

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.