Date: 2nd March 2012
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LandAid, the property industry's charity which supports projects that help disadvantaged or homeless people (particularly young people) has announced that its grants programme is due to re-open for applications on the 1st May 2012.

Date: 1st March 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Scottish Government has asked CHILDREN 1ST, along with a number of other organisations, to organise discussion groups to gather views to be used in the National Parenting Strategy.

Date: 20th February 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, General measures of implementation

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities calls for civil society inputs on the implementation of the Article 9 on accessibility of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Date: 20th February 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Scottish Government is developing a national parenting strategy to raise the value and importance of parenting, while also recognising that it can be difficult at times.

Date: 20th February 2012
Category: General measures of implementation

The Optional Protocol to the CRC on a complaints mechanism for children will open for signature at a signing ceremony on 28 February at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Date: 14th February 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Doran Review is currently looking at how best to provide for the needs of Scottish children and young people with the most complex learning needs.

Date: 14th February 2012
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Happy Days provides holidays, residential trips, days out and theatre trips for disadvantaged young people, aged between 3 and 17, with special needs.

Date: 10th February 2012
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The trust considers most types of charitable activities, but priority is generally given to support organisations that focus on the alleviation of child suffering and deprivation.

Date: 7th February 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Parents should be banned from smacking their children because of the risk that "today's smack will become tomorrow's punch", the Royal College of Paediatrics has warned.

Date: 23rd January 2012
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Stonewall Scotland are looking for young lesbian, gay and bisexual people aged 11-19 to fill in their survey about what life is like for them at school.

Date: 20th January 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The National Youth Worker of the Year Awards 2012 aim to celebrate and recognise outstanding service and performance by managers, youth workers and peer educators in the youth work sector.

Date: 18th January 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Free play opportunities for Scotland's children will be increased following a £3 million investment from the Scottish Government.

Date: 13th January 2012
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The VAW Fund will assist in the development of measures to tackle all forms of violence against women. These may be projects which deliver frontline services, or build capacity in local partnerships to strengthen responses to violence against women.

Date: 13th January 2012
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Young People between the ages of 16 - 24 that wish to make a positive difference within their community can apply for grants of up to £2,000 through the Starbucks Youth Action programme.

Date: 13th January 2012
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The Equality Unit is inviting applications to the Equality Fund for 2012-15. The Equality Fund incorporates the former Race Religion & Refugee Integration Fund as well as elements of Gender Funding and Disability/BSL Funding.

Date: 5th January 2012
Category: Respect for the views of the child

The Scottish Government is consulting on how to ensure that every child and young person has their voice heard in decisions that affect them.

Date: 3rd January 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Enquire recently interview the Youth Commission on Bullying, a group of young people in the Scottish Borders who have been appointed to research the views of people in their community about bullying in all its forms, including racism, homophobia and cyber bullying.

Date: 22nd December 2011
Category: UK 1st periodic review, General measures of implementation

Back in December 2011, thousands of children across the country sent messages to the Prime Minister on cardboard and paper footprints, to mark the start of a year of action on children's rights - the Right Year for Children.

Date: 22nd December 2011
Category: General measures of implementation

Baroness Massey, a Trustee of UNICEF UK, argues that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child should become part of domestic UK legislation.

Date: 21st December 2011
Category: General measures of implementation, UK 1st periodic review

The UN General Assembly has adopted the new Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child establishing a complaints mechanism for children.