BeXcellent new website

Date: 7th June 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Children in Scotland announce that a new website has been launched to bring Curriculum for Excellence to life for young people.

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Hilton in the Community Foundation Grants

Date: 28th May 2012
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This is the charitable grant-making organisation affiliated to the Hilton International chain of hotels. Hilton funds the central administration costs of the foundation so that every £1 and Euro raised goes directly to help young people.

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Government to set up new Equality Advisory and Support Service

Date: 24th May 2012
Category: General measures of implementation

The Government Equalities Office has announced the creation of a new Equality Advisory and Support Service to provide support to vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals facing discrimination.

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Consultation on National Framework for Child Protection Learning and Development in Scotland

Date: 21st May 2012
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Framework describes those who are responsible for keeping children and young people safe. It establishes a set of competences and standards that everyone who has direct or indirect contact with children requires.

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Disadvantaged areas in Scotland to benefit from new Government Fund

Date: 16th May 2012
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The Scottish Government has launched the People and Communities Fund which will provide funding of £6 million per year over the next three years, aims to support communities across Scotland to be economically, physically and socially sustainable.

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Additional support for schoolchildren in need is ‘patchy’

Date: 16th May 2012
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

More than a quarter of children in some parts of Scotland require additional support during their schooling, according to a new report.

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Call for Scottish Parliament to establish a Human Rights Committee

Date: 15th May 2012
Category: General measures of implementation

The Scottish Parliament should establish a separate Human Rights Committee because the current committee system has failed to adequately consider human rights issues.

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Plans for new Children and Young People Bill announced

Date: 14th May 2012
Category: General measures of implementation, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Scottish Government has published its response to the consultation on a proposed Rights of Children and Young People Bill.

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Border Agency suspends asylum X-ray pilot

Date: 7th May 2012
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

The United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) has halted plans to pilot a scheme to use dental X-rays to determine the age of children seeking asylum where this is disputed, after it emerged that ethical approval should have been sought.

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Human Rights Council Annual Day on the Rights of the Child

Date: 27th April 2012
Category: General measures of implementation

This year's Annual Day, on 8 March, was divided into two half-day panels: "Children in the judicial process: worrying trends and best practices" and "Children deprived of their liberty and children of incarcerated parents: protection and realisation of their rights".

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