Date: 7th July 2015
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Since 2005, Growing Up in Scotland have been following 'Birth Cohort 1' for 10 years. Almost 50,000 interviews have taken place and 28 research reports have been published using Growing Up in Scotland data.

Date: 23rd June 2015
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Mental health, Child justice system

According to Action for Children's new research, providing intensive family support has greatly reduced cases of children offending or displaying anti-social behaviour.

Date: 26th May 2015
Category: Adoption, Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Throughcare and Aftercare Trust has published the results of a recent survey of young people in care which highlights how positively young people in TACT placements feel about the care they receive.

Date: 18th March 2015
Category: Best interests of the child, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Child poverty

The UK Supreme Court rules that the UK Government's £500-a-week cap on benefits is lawful but incompatible with UK obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Date: 22nd January 2015
Category: General measures of implementation, Family Environment and Alternative Care

A Court ruling has refused a petition against the "Named Person" provisions contained in Part 4 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, on all counts.

Date: 23rd July 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Professor Iram Siraj is chairing an independent review of early learning and childcare and out of school care, and is seeking the views of individuals and organisations with an interest in this area.

Date: 1st July 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Health and health services

This is a consultation on the second set of draft Regulations for the Act, of which the deadline is 18th August 2014.

Date: 18th June 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

A new report from Growing Up in Scotland explores family and school influences on children's social and emotional well-being at age 7.

Date: 18th May 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Scottish Parliament Equal Opportunities Committee released its 1st fathers and parenting inquiry report on 18th May 2014.

Date: 12th May 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care

Contact a Family is calling on all family members who care for children and young people with additional needs or disabilities to take part in some important research about family finances and the impact of welfare reforms.

Date: 23rd April 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Together submitted a child rights focused submission to the Scottish Government's consultation on proposals for Carers Legislation.

Date: 3rd March 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

CHILDREN 1ST , in partnership with One Parent Families Scotland and the Scottish Child Law Centre, has launched the Family Decision Making service to support separated and separating families.

Date: 19th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Respect for the views of the child, UK 1st periodic review

The Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill has been passed by MSPs following its final parliamentary scrutiny.

Date: 23rd January 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) launched a new campaign on 23rd January 2014 to ensure that young carers are treated fairly by society and government policies.

Date: 22nd January 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Scottish Government is consulting on new proposals that aim to improve outcomes for carers and young carers across Scotland.

Date: 14th January 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Legal changes will be made to Scotland's care system enabling care leavers to stay in care to 21 years old, after an amendment to the CYP Bill was passed by the Education and Culture Committee.

Date: 7th January 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Scottish Government will extend free school meals to all P1-3 pupils in Scotland and extend free childcare provision to every two-year-old from a workless household.

Date: 6th January 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Scottish Government announced that care leavers are to be given greater rights to continuing their care placement into early adulthood from next year.

Date: 6th December 2013
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

More than half (55 per cent) of children whose parents go to court in disputes over contact where there are also allegations of domestic abuse, did not want any contact with their non-resident parent. In most instances this meant they did not want contact with their father, according to research published today by Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People.

Date: 17th September 2013
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

A new report launched by Save the Children on 17th September 2013 highlights 10 childcare challenges that parents in Scotland believe are holding them and their children back.