Date: 1st October 2021
Category:
Author: Play Scotland

Each month Play Scotland will be exploring play through different themes by talking to play experts, play champions, and practitioners who are passionate about play. Listen in and learn about the importance of play for child development, play as a human right, and the different ways play can be used to tackle social issues.

Date: 1st October 2021
Category:
Author: Education Scotland

This resource from Education Scotland aims to: raise awareness and develop your knowledge and understanding of the United Nation Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), help you to reflect on how you are taking forward children’s rights within school settings and help support improvement planning.

Date: 17th September 2021
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

Together with Iriss, CYCJ has relaunched their interactive resource, ‘The child’s journey: A guide to the Scottish justice system’ which is aimed at helping children, young people, families and also practitioners to better understand the Scottish justice system when a child is in conflict with the law.

Date: 17th September 2021
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Education, including vocational education
Author:

This new Anti-racism and inclusion guidance specifically for early years settings has been launched with the aim of supporting practitioners to nurture open and inclusive attitudes in young children.

Date: 3rd September 2021
Category: Children in conflict with the law, Children of prisoners
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

Co-produced with young people and developed by graphic artist Sarah Ahmad, this animation hopes to further children and young people’s understanding of what bail and remand are, who can help and what issues within the system are that need to be reformed.

Date: 3rd September 2021
Category: Non-discrimination, Education, including vocational education
Author: Education Scotland

These resources will explain what is meant by race equality and anti-racist education, why it is important and how might it be embedded in education settings.

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.