New Legacy 2014 fund opens

Date: 17th November 2012
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The £10 million Legacy 2014 Active Places Fund is part of the Scottish Government's Legacy 2014 programme.

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Scotland’s first ever Play Strategy

Date: 13th November 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Children's Minister Aileen Campbell blogged about Scotland's first-ever national play strategy, stating that a central part of getting it right in the early years is play.

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Children’s Amendment passed in the Republic of Ireland

Date: 10th November 2012
Category: General measures of implementation

On 10 November the Republic of Ireland passed the Thirty First Amendment to the Constitution, which provides additional rights protections for children

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Department for Education launches multi million funding programme

Date: 5th November 2012
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Voluntary and community sector organisations, social enterprises and other not-for-profit organisations are invited to apply to the Department for Education's new National Prospectus Grants Programme 2013-15.

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Stateless children a nationwide issue

Date: 5th November 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms

While there are an estimate 120,000 children living in the United Kingdom without legal immigration status, there are no concrete figures for the number of children with no nationality, precisely because there is no official record of them.

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Roll out of Suggestion Boxes

Date: 3rd November 2012
Category: Respect for the views of the child

SCRA is rolling out suggestion boxes in waiting rooms following a year-long pilot in Aberdeen and Inverness.

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Course on Rights, Law & Ethics of Medical Care for Children

Date: 2nd November 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, General measures of implementation

This new online self-access course covers the application of the law, human rights, medical ethics and rules of professional conduct of medical care for children.

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Inspiring Scotland – Go2Play

Date: 1st November 2012
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Inspiring Scotland's Go2Play capacity building fund, is offering up to 18 months of tailored capacity building support for individuals within Scottish charities to develop new work which will help children benefit from more play.

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Scotland's National Action Plan for Human Rights

Date: 1st November 2012
Category: General measures of implementation

The Scottish Human Rights Commission launched of a report summarising the findings of a three year scoping project to review research on the realisation of internationally recognised human rights in Scotland.

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Scottish teens to cast symbolic vote

Date: 25th October 2012
Category: Respect for the views of the child

Scotland will cast its independence vote in 2014 and, for the first time, 16-year-olds will head to the polls. Though they're unlikely to swing the vote, Europe will be listening closely to what they have to say.

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