EU states slow to respond to human trafficking - 15% victims are children

Date: 19th April 2013
Category: Access to appropriate information

Only 6 out of the 27 EU Member States have fully transposed the EU Anti-Trafficking Directive into their national legislation, with the deadline having expired on 6th April 2013.

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Updated guidance on information sharing

Date: 19th April 2013
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

There has been an update from the Information Commissioner's office of guidance on information sharing between services under existing law where a child's wellbeing is at risk.

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Extra £10m for third sector organisations

Date: 18th April 2013
Category:

Minister for Children and Young People, Aileen Campbell, has announced an extra £10m on top of the £20m third sector fund to be shared between 45 organisations working closely with children, young people and families.

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Introduction of the Children and Young People Bill to Parliament

Date: 18th April 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

Three and four year old children will, for the first time in Scotland, be entitled to 600 hours of funded early learning and childcare through the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill, published on Wednesday 17th April 2013.

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Self-directed support: draft regulations and statutory guidance

Date: 17th April 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A public consultation was released on 17th April 2013 on the draft regulations on Carers (Waiving of Charges for Support) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 to accompany the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013.

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Youth Work sector urged to respond to Community Learning and Development Statutory Instrument Consultation

Date: 16th April 2013
Category: Respect for the views of the child

Following some informal discussions with Civil Servants, it has become clear that as yet there has been a poor response from our sector to the Requirements for Community Learning and Development (Scotland) Regulations 2013 consultation.

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UNICEF launches the latest in its report card series

Date: 11th April 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, General measures of implementation

UNICEF has launched the Innocenti Report Card 11: Child well-being in rich countries - a comparative overview ' which provides an update to the data found in the previous Report Card 7 which was published in 2007.

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New SCRA research report

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.

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SCRA publish their 2013-2014 business plan

Date: 11th April 2013
Category: General measures of implementation

The new SCRA business plan outlines the key pieces of work over the next 12 months, priority activities for the SCRA Localities and Teams and sets out commitment to SCRA's partners.

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Poor to get poorer through welfare reform

Date: 11th April 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The most deprived areas in Scotland will take the biggest financial hit when the present welfare reforms come into effect.

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