Date: 29th November 2016
Category: Child rights impact assessments
Author: Scottish Government

This report details the findings of a children's rights and wellbeing impact assessment (CRWIA) carried out in relation to the Digital Learning and Teaching Strategy for Scotland.

Date: 29th November 2016
Category: Additional support for learning
Author: Enquire

Enquire, the Scottish advice service for additional support for learning, is celebrating the launch of its new website Reach, developed with the input of 75 young people.

Date: 29th November 2016
Category: Looked after children
Author: Scottish Government

Both pieces of guidance have been published during November 2016 and relate to Part 10 (Aftercare) and Part 11 (Continuing Care) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

Date: 15th November 2016
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author:

The Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland is looking for volunteers to find the most interesting content from across the web to share with other young people. 

Date: 15th November 2016
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law

The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law has released a report on access to justice for children which compares practices from several different national jurisdictions, including Scotland.

Date: 2nd November 2016
Category: Protection of privacy
Author: Clan Childlaw

Following the Supreme Court judgment in July which struck out the information sharing provisions of the Named Person Scheme, CLAN Childlaw has published a position paper on how Scottish Government should respond on the issue.

Date: 1st November 2016
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author: SCRA

A range of fact sheets produced by SCRA about the Children's Hearings System have been updated and published.

Date: 1st November 2016
Category: Child poverty
Author: NHS Health Scotland

This learning resource aims to raise awareness of the plight of young peoples' poverty issues in Scotland, and the impact poverty has on their health and wellbeing. It reflects key messages on health inequalities, making it a relevant topic.

Date: 1st November 2016
Category: Parental responsibilities
Author: Fathers Network Scotland

In 2015, Fathers Network Scotland commissioned a research project to develop and deliver a pilot series of evidence-based workshops to support first time fathers in the workplace. This report describes the workshop materials that were developed and outlines key findings from evaluations.

Date: 18th October 2016
Category: Children in conflict with the law, Children in situations of exploitation
Author: Fearless.org

Fearless is a site where young people can access non-judgemental information and advice about crime and criminality.

Date: 18th October 2016
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

This guideline covers children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviour, including those on remand or serving community or custodial sentences.

Date: 4th October 2016
Category: Looked after children
Author: The Young People’s Organising and Campaigning Group (YPOC)

The Young People's Organising and Campaigning Group (YPOC) in Aberdeen has launched a new DVD guide for school staff and pupils, on how they can support looked after children.

Date: 4th October 2016
Category: Child rights indicators
Author: UNICEF

UNICEF has produced an interactive mapping of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) which highlights the connections and synergies between the two frameworks.

Date: 4th October 2016
Category: Social security and childcare
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

It has been almost a year since the Scottish Care Leavers Covenant was published. In this blog, Debbie Nolan considers how we can make the promises made in the Covenant a reality, and improve outcomes for Scotland's care leavers.

Date: 20th September 2016
Category: Social security and childcare
Author: the Self-Directed Support (SDS) Consortium

This report sets out the findings from a knowledge exchange project which focused on young people's transition from school to adult life against the backdrop of the Social Care (Self-Directed Support) (Scotland) Act (2013).

Date: 20th September 2016
Category: Awareness-raising
Author: CYPCS

The Golden Rules Symbols packs produced by the Office of the Children and Young People's Commissioner for Scotland are now back in stock, and the office have also created a 7 Golden Rules Planning and Reflection tool.

Date: 20th September 2016
Category: Children with disabilities
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

Read about a new model to support practice aimed at improving disabled children's participation. in decision making.

Date: 7th September 2016
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Nourish Scotland

The UK's Childhood Obesity Strategy was launched last week - in response, Nourish Scotland's Advocacy Manager Elli Kontorravdis has written a new blog article outlining where and why the strategy has fallen short of expectation for children in Scotland and the UK.

Date: 7th September 2016
Category: Education, including vocational education
Author: BEMIS

BEMIS, in collaboration with a number of European partners has become part of the Validation System in Lifelong Learning Experiences of Youth Volunteering (VALLEY) project. The project aims to provide a new approach to promoting volunteering among young people.

Date: 6th September 2016
Category: Children with disabilities
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

Young people with learning disabilities are at risk of being disadvantaged in the youth justice and criminal justice systems if they do not have the right support. The CYCJ have provided an information sheet giving useful techniques for communication.