Date: 28th January 2021
Category: General measures of implementation
Author:

Young Carer Action Day is taking place on 16th March 2021. This year’s theme is Protect Young Carers’ Futures and will highlight the incredible skills young carers have developed through being an unpaid carer – including resilience, time-management and empathy. A range of free resources are now available online to help people get involved.

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

The Safe and Together Institute has put together domestic violence-informed practice observations and tips from the front line of the pandemic. The resource is aimed at practitioners offering support and guidance during the pandemic. 

Date: 28th January 2021
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author:

Connect has put together a variety of courses to support family engagement touching upon a range of topics such as: engagement in children’s learning, methods to influence family engagement, ways to work with parent councils and more!

Date: 28th January 2021
Category:
Author: Child Rights International Network (CRIN)

The Rights Studio is a social enterprise, focusing exclusively on experimenting with creative ideas and communicating through art on human rights issues affecting children, young people and future generations.

Date: 15th January 2021
Category: Incorporation, Education, including vocational education
Author: University of Edinburgh

Infographics, blogposts and best practice examples have been created to develop an understanding of incorporating the UNCRC into Scots law.

Date: 15th January 2021
Category: COVID-19
Author: Scottish Government

Because of COVID-19, life can sometimes feel worrying, lonely and uncertain. Scottish Government has put together a website with tips to help you clear your head and connect with others.

Date: 15th January 2021
Category: Education, including vocational education
Author:

Salvesen Mindroom Centre has developed a guide for children and young people with learning difficulties, parents and teachers on how to build “effective relationships that support learning and wellbeing”. The guide is based on results from a focus group. It provides practical advice on how to best communicate with each other.

Date: 15th January 2021
Category: COVID-19, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author:

Together with Media Education, a group of young carers have created an impactful film focusing on who young carers are, their experiences during lockdown and what support they need going forward.

Date: 15th January 2021
Category: Education, including vocational education, Additional support for learning
Author:

This resource has been developed by My Rights, My Say in collaboration with children and young people.  It aims to help pupils learn about their rights – in particular the extension of children’s rights to those aged 12-15 with additional support needs.

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms
Author: Child Rights Connect

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a process where countries that are members of the UN Human Rights Council review each other’s human rights situation. The new guide aims to raise awareness and understanding of the UPR among children, empowering them to engage with the process.

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: LGBT Youth Scotland

LGBT+ History Month kicks off on 1st February 2020. This idea pack puts together creative ideas of how to develop online content and events to learn about and celebrate LGBT+ rights, and civil rights movements. 

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: Children with disabilities
Author: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

This resource pack aims to ensure all actions for the sustainable development goals are inclusive of disabled people.

Date: 13th January 2021
Category: Education, including vocational education
Author: UK Safer Internet Centre

Safer Internet Day 2021 falls on 9th February. Free resources including films, lesson plans, assemblies, quick activities and more have now been released which are suitable for schools, charities, youth groups, police services, libraries and beyond.

Date: 10th December 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

A new booklet has been developed for healthcare professionals to explore and learn about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the importance of these rights in healthcare settings. The resources were co-produced with children and young people.

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Funding
Author: Eurochild

In the past five years, Eurochild has been working on combining economic discipline with children’s rights. Its conceptual framework and methodology to ‘measure the long-term social and economic return on investing in children and families’, together with the findings of its case studies from Romania and Malta, are now available on its website.

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Training, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Child Rights Connect

This guide aims to help child human rights defenders undertake activities to defend human rights in conditions where they feel respected and empowered.

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Incorporation
Author: Human Rights Consortium Scotland

Discover academic papers, briefings, podcasts on videos to explore why incorporating international human rights into domestic law can protect everyone’s human rights.

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Education, including vocational education
Author: Youthlink Scotland

This is a comprehensive online resource to map and track the key skills that young people can develop through participation in youth work in Scotland.

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: COVID-19
Author:

The COVID 4P Log is a free app developed to track the impact of the pandemic on children by gathering practitioners’ views and experiences.   

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Council of Europe

This animated video aims to inform children’s understanding of age assessment procedures and how age assessments should be conducted to respect children’s human rights.