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Date: 17th July 2023
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Health and health services
July began with Alcohol Awareness week and Alcohol Focus Scotland’s #InYourFace campaign showed the powerful impact that alcohol marketing has on children. You can still check out loads of great resources and hear what children and young people have to say about alcohol advertising in Scotland.
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Date: 16th June 2023
Category:
Respect for the views of the child, Health and health services
The Salvesen Mindroom Centre is looking for neurodivergent young people aged 16-25 to become new members of its stakeholder group.
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Date: 15th September 2022
Category:
Health and health services
UNICEF and Save the Children have collaborated to develop a new series of Child Health Spotlights to support advocacy and communications on child and health survival by providing key data to show where urgent action is needed to help inform advocates’ engagements with decision makers.
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Date: 3rd May 2022
Category:
Health and health services
Closing date: 31st May 2022
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Date: 3rd May 2022
Category:
Health and health services
Closing Date: 16th May 2022
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Date: 7th April 2022
Category:
Health and health services
Care Experienced young people are invited to design and create new guidance and resources for professionals and carers to better support Care Experienced people navigate their relationships and sexual health.
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Date: 17th December 2021
Category:
Health and health services
Closing date: 1st December 2021 – 31st January 2022
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Date: 12th November 2021
Category:
Health and health services
Closing date: 4th February 2022
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Date: 17th September 2021
Category:
Health and health services, Mental health
NHS Grampian is developing digital health and wellbeing resources for young people. The board was awarded an SBRI competition to develop digital interventions to support psychological services, particularly those experiencing functional gastro-intestinal disorders. As such, NHS Grampian would like young people to participate in the design of the app.
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Date: 23rd August 2021
Category:
Health and health services, Mental health
Closing date: 2nd November 2021
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Date: 30th July 2021
Category:
Mental health, Health and health services
NHS England has published new data that shows that referral cases for children and young people for mental health services have hit a record high as they doubled throughout the pandemic.
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Date: 23rd April 2021
Category:
Health and health services, UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Sex education relates to gender inequality, as the ways we learn about consent, pleasure and desire can be gendered and adhere to gendered stereotypes. It is for this reason, Zero Tolerance heard from 118 young people aged 18–25, on how they learnt about sex as teenagers.
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Date: 1st March 2021
Category:
Child poverty, Social security, Mental health, Health and health services
Eurofound has published a new policy brief which presents evidence of some of the changes that children and families have experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. It considers access to education and healthcare, caring responsibilities, mental health and housing security.
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Date: 12th February 2021
Category:
Health and health services, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare
The Manifesto sets out six key priority calls for change, informed by the views of children, young people, families and professionals. The main focus is on improvements to facilities and services to improve the health and wellbeing of children, young people and their families.
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Date: 9th December 2020
Category:
Disabled children, Mental health, Health and health services, Social security
The report includes evidence, analysis and recommendations to improve social care in Scotland following COVID-19.
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Date: 9th December 2020
Category:
COVID-19, Mental health, Health and health services, School exclusions, Child poverty
The report shines a light on how children of 25 European countries have been impacted by the pandemic and national lockdowns. It builds on data collected by Eurochild up to September 2020, and presents recommendations to improve public policies.
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Date: 19th November 2020
Category:
Social security, Mental health, Child poverty, Health and health services, COVID-19, Recreation, play and cultural activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
COVID-19 has exacerbated the precariousness of many care leavers’ situations, and amplified the inconsistencies that exist in relation to support and services. This briefing highlights some of the key issues alongside several recommendations.
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Date: 19th November 2020
Category:
Health and health services, Mental health, Incorporation, Child poverty
The report compares available Scottish data for 2020 versus 2017 to monitor trends in child health outcomes. The report makes a range of policy recommendations to support Scottish Government in fulfilling its 2030 child poverty and childhood obesity targets.
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Date: 10th July 2020
Category:
Health and health services
This survey for 16-24-year olds aims to improve condom and contraceptive services and support in Scotland. It hopes to better understand why young people in Scotland do or don’t use condoms and contraception for sexual intercourse.
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Date: 19th November 2019
Category:
Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Health and health services
The survey takes an in depth look at the provision of parental visiting, family facilities and ward procedures in Scottish hospitals that admit children and young people.
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