Date: 15th January 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

A survey has been developed to enable YouthLink Scotland to shape its future work on the subject considering the youth work sector's relationship with the Equalities Act 2010 and Human Rights in its widest sense, including the UNCRC.

Date: 14th January 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Scottish Government is seeking views on 'Giving Children and Young People a Sporting Chance - A Draft Strategy for Scotland'.

Date: 6th January 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Gathered Together is a unique partnership project between BEMIS and Scottish Parent Teacher Council (SPTC), with the mission to promote inclusion and active citizenship for ethnic minority parents and carers, stimulating pro-active engagement in their children's education.

Date: 20th December 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

A draft National Youth Work Strategy was published by Education Scotland on 12th December 2013, encouraging partners in the youth work and Community Learning and Development sectors to work together to maximise the life chances of Scotland's young people.

Date: 20th December 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

A consultation paper seeking comments on proposals to extend the rights of children with capacity under the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 (as amended) and proposals to repeal section 70 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 was launched by the Scottish Government on 20th December 2013.

Date: 18th November 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

This year's respectme campaign looks at the consequences of giving children and young people bad advice when they're being bullied, and is aimed at making adults think before giving children and young people advice about bullying behaviour.

Date: 13th October 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

This year, Malala Yousafzai, a 16-year-old girl from Pakistan, who has risked her life in the fight for access to education for girls all over the world, won the International Children's Peace Prize 2013 on Friday 6th September.

Date: 10th September 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People launched a new campaign, 'Flushed With Success? Setting the Standards for Scotland's school toilets' on 5th September 2013, calling for better standards for school toilets at national, local and school level.

Date: 1st September 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Inclusion Europe and Eurochild are working together on "Hear our Voices", a project to make sure that children with intellectual disabilities can take part in schools and free time activities just like other children, and are looking for good examples of how we can help children with intellectual disabilities take part in society.

Date: 21st June 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Scottish Government published its first National Play Strategy on 21st June 2013, setting out a vision for the implementation of Article 31 of the UNCRC in Scotland.

Date: 14th June 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Now in its sixth year, the Scottish Out of School Care Network's (SOSCN) annual out of school care workforce survey has been launched, and is an established and anticipated piece of research which allows a more informed picture of the workforce in out of school care.

Date: 6th June 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

Last week's 'learning session two' of the Early Years Collaborative was packed with activity - with speeches, a sing-along with fathers' group Dads Rock, and valuable inputs from local partners, sharing their stories.

Date: 3rd June 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

Member States will need to step up their efforts to improve childcare provisions, if the EU is to reach its 75% employment rate target by 2020, said the European Commission in a report released on the 3rd June 2013.

Date: 28th May 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Aimed at young people aged 14 to 17 in Scotland, these Awards give young people the opportunity to work with a professional writer, helping them to improve their writing and learn more about the publishing industry.

Date: 11th April 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

The new SCRA report, 'How much is education included in the plans of children on supervision requirements?' reveals that in reviewing cases of 250 children, less than half of the plans had specific actions on education.

Date: 20th March 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Respectme are looking for nominations for groups and individuals who deserve to be recognised for their anti-bullying work in Scotland.

Date: 8th February 2013
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Children in Scotland responded to an update provided by John Swinney regarding the decision not to extend additional childcare to 2 year olds.

Date: 4th December 2012
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The analysis of responses to the Children and Young People Bill consultation has now been published on the Scottish Government website.

Date: 4th December 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Scottish Parliament's Education and Culture Committee has launched a call for written evidence on the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Bill.

Date: 28th November 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

New legislation hopes to support better job chances for college leavers and ensure more students from poor backgrounds go to university.