National Health Rights report 2026

Date: 21st October 2026
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
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The National Health Rights Report 2026 was launched on 2 nd October 2026 at the My Health, My Rights Conference, organised by Children’s Health Scotland. The report findings include that although children and young people in Scotland are becoming more aware of their health rights, many are still not experiencing these rights in practice.

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Neurodiversity Gateway Project

Date: 21st October 2026
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Salvesen Mindroom Centre

Mindroom, the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian have partnered on a project to improve access to support for neurodivergent children and young people (including those on assessment waiting lists). They are inviting parents and carers to join a friendly group discussion, online or in person, and help shape future digital support for families like yours. They would love your help!

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Free training to support children from Armed Forces families in Highland

Date: 21st October 2026
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
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This training will raise awareness of the support available to children and young people, with a focus on ensuring their rights are upheld when applying the Armed Forces Covenant. The session will help professionals consider how to provide appropriate support while making sure that children’s rights remain central to decisions affecting their lives.

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My Rights My Say Young Advisors’ views on inclusive and engaging learning

Date: 28th September 2026
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
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The Young Advisors, a group of young people aged 12 to 21 with additional support needs, have shared their views on how education can become more inclusive and engaging.

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Free theatre resources for six- to 25-year-olds

Date: 28th September 2026
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
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Wonder Fools is encouraging organisations working with children and young people to take advantage of its free Positive Stories for Negative Times theatre project for ages 6 to 25.

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Help shape the future of healthcare in Scotland

Date: 28th September 2026
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
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Our Future Health, the UK’s largest health research programme in partnership with the NHS is bringing mobile clinics to communities across Scotland to make it easier for people to take part in health research.

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Anti-Bullying Week 2026

Date: 28th September 2026
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
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Anti-Bullying Week 2026 will take place from 16 th to 20 th November, with Scotland’s Anti-Bullying Service, respect me , launching a new film and animation based on this year’s theme, “Be Unique: Bullying is wrong. Let’s get along.”

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Children and young people in conflict with the law: policy, practice and legislation

Date: 7th September 2026
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms
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This new resource provides the latest information on policy, practice and laws for practitioners and managers who work with children and young people who offend or are at risk of offending.

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New edition of ‘Birth to 5 Matters’ guidance launched

Date: 10th August 2026
Category: Babies and early years
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A new and updated edition of ‘Birth to 5 Matters’, the non-statutory guidance for the early years sector, has been launched by the Early Years Coalition (EYC), a group of organisations working to support early years education.

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New resource: putting children’s rights at the heart of your service

Date: 10th August 2026
Category: General measures of implementation
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A new resource from the Improvement Service has been developed to help service managers understand where to start when considering children’s rights in the design and delivery of public services.

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“Welcome to the Highlands of Scotland” storybook for early years/early primary

Date: 10th August 2026
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
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A new storybook, titled ‘Welcome to the Highlands of Scotland’, has been co-created by children and young people from Drakies Primary School in Inverness. The children played an active role in creating the book, writing the story, designing the pages and producing the illustrations. The resource aims to help young children develop a sense of connection and belonging as they prepare to move into nursery or early primary school.

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New eLearning module available from CYCJ

Date: 10th August 2026
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CYCJ, in collaboration with the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, have launched a new eLearning module on tackling harmful sexual behaviour, which focuses on working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour. This resource will point you to ways of working, ideas and resources that you can integrate into your practice to ensure that the approach that you and your agency take for this issue are in line with principles, up to date and in line with current good practice. Places cost £30 per learner and can be combined with any of the modules on the platform.

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Child Maintenance support and resources

Date: 10th July 2026
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Two new resources from the Transforming Child Maintenance project aim to improve information and support for families across Scotland.

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Children at the centre: Handbook on child participation practices from violence prevention projects across Europe

Date: 10th July 2026
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A new handbook from Eurochild and Terre des hommes highlights how 48 civil society organisations across nine European countries are involving children in violence prevention work.

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Children’s guide for moving to the Highlands

Date: 10th July 2026
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Children and young people from Armed Forces families across Highland have shared a powerful collective message about what life is really like when a parent serves. In their statement, they describe the pride they feel in their families, but also the unique challenges they face from frequent moves and long separations to the emotional strain of deployments.

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New eLearning module: Supporting communication in youth justice settings!

Date: 26th May 2026
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

TalkLinks and CYCJ have produced new eLearning: Supporting communication in youth justice settings! Learners will deepen their understanding of Speech Language and Communication Needs and their importance for children and young people in conflict with the law.

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Family returns consultation guide

Date: 19th May 2026
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Refugee and asylum seeking children
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Asylum Matters and Asylum Support Appeals Project have created a question by question guide to provide support for organisations and individuals who want to submit an answer to the UK Governments Reforming asylum support and enforcing family returns consultation.

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Upholding children’s rights in court: roles and responsibilities

Date: 1st May 2026
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

A new Guidance Toolkit has been launched to help ensure that children’s rights are upheld at every stage of their journey through the justice system. Developed to support a children’s human‑rights‑respecting approach, the toolkit sets out what good practice should look like, why it matters, and how agencies can work together to remove barriers that prevent children from receiving the support they are entitled to.

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New CYCJ e-learning on Rights respecting in residential care

Date: 9th April 2026
Category: Looked after children, Best interests of the child
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New eLearning available from CYCJ! Rights respecting in residential care has been co-authored with Care Visions residential to raise awareness about the unnecessary criminalisation of children in care.

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Camouflaged in the education system: The experiences of children and young people from Armed Forces families

Date: 9th April 2026
Category: Children in armed forces families, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Forces Children Scotland

In this new report, Forces Children Scotland shine a light on the fact that Children and young people from Armed Forces families are not always receiving the support they need within Scotland’s education system.

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