Events

ACEs Conversation Series 2020 – 2021

Date: 29th October 2020 to 24th March 2021
Time: 19:30 - 20:30
Location: Online

Every month until March 2021, a key ACE theme will be addressed in conversation. October 2020’s topic will be on human rights and ACEs. Children 1st CEO, Mary Glasgow and Together’s Director Juliet Harris are the invited guests.

Healthy Minds: online workshops for professionals working with deaf children and young people

Date: 15th January 2021 to 31st May 2021
Time: Various
Location: Online

These online workshops will help professionals learn how to plan activities to help support deaf children and young people’s emotional health and well-being.

Digital domestic abuse training

Date: 15th January 2021 to 31st March 2021
Time: Various
Location: Online

Scottish Women's Aid has developed two short two and a half hour digital modules to provide a base level introduction to supporting women and children experiencing domestic abuse.

Learning from young activists and adult allies

Date: 23rd January 2021
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: Online

This webinar will explore intergenerational collaboration and how adults can support youth activism. It will feature young activists from Bolivia, Senegal, Togo and the United States working on child rights, social and environmental justice issues.

Taking forward an inequalities and intersectionalities perspective: housing and children’s social care

Date: 28th January 2021
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Location: Online

This event will involve researchers, families experiencing services, managers and practitioners discussing how society can look to the future to challenge inequalities following on from COVID-19.

Person-centred pathways: helping children be masters of their own future

Date: 28th January 2021
Time: 15:30 – 17:00
Location: Online

The webinar is designed to help practitioners gain the tools to support children and young people in planning for their future.

ASL Action Plan - Enhancing experiences for children and young people

Date: 28th January 2021
Time: 12 -13.30
Location: Online

Continuing the series of Red Harbour’s online forums exploring the issues affecting Scotland’s children and young people, we are delighted to host this event to discuss the review of the implementation of 'Additional Support for Learning Action Plan' and the actions in place to improve the lives of children and young people with additional support needs.

Positive periods: taking action

Date: 2nd February 2021
Time: 10:30 – 12:00
Location: Online

Scotland has become the first country in the world to provide free period products to those who need them. This webinar by Children in Scotland will explore what else needs to be done to secure period dignity for everyone in the country.

LGBT women and children and young people’s experiences of domestic abuse webinar

Date: 10th February 2021
Time: 13:00 – 14:30
Location: Online

This webinar by Scottish Women's Aid seeks to broaden an understanding of how LGBT women and children experience domestic abuse, and how to effectively support LGBT people experiencing domestic abuse.

Demystifying ADHD, ODD and CD

Date: 18th February 2021
Time: 10:30 – 12:00
Location: Online

This webinar by Children in Scotland will focus on how to support children and young people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD). It is designed to help practitioners and parent/carers in creating a supportive and positive environment for them.

Getting it right for every girl

Date: 18th February 2021
Time: 10:00 – 11:15
Location: Online

This webinar will explore the issues and challenges that girls growing up today can face. It will also be an opportunity to discuss how education can challenge misogyny and sexist stereotyping.

Gender equality and the experience of school: Where are we at? What do we need to do?

Date: 10th March 2021
Time: 10:00 – 11:15
Location: Online

This webinar by Pupil Inclusion Scotland will examine the issues at the heart of improving gender balance and equalities, the needs of girls with additional support needs, and gender equality challenges in the education system.

Supporting women and children experiencing domestic abuse

Date: 1st May 2021
Time: TBC
Location: Online

Two modules have been developed by Scottish Women’s Aid taking 1.5 hours each. These modules will be delivered separately and will provide an introduction into supporting women and children experiencing domestic abuse.