Children’s views about return to face-to-face children’s hearings

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

In June, Scottish Children's Reporters Administration (SCRA) ran a consultation asking children and young people to share their thoughts, ideas, worries and questions about the planned return to face-to-face hearings with social distancing. SCRA has now published a report, setting out children and young people’s key concerns and what SCRA is doing to address these.

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New survey on the impact of COVID-19 on young carers

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The findings, gathered by Carers Trust Scotland, highlight that many young carers have experienced increased pressures due to COVID-19. This has had a negative impact on young carers’ mental health and wellbeing.

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Launch of Youth Justice Voices Newsletter and opportunities to get involved

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Special protection measures

‘Youth Just Us’ is Staf’s steering group for its Youth Justice Project. The group ha s launched its monthly newsletter and the July edition includes the group’s art, information about how young people are coping during COVID-19 and what young people are doing to keep busy. The group is also looking for new members to join, to take part in a range of activities whilst creatively influencing change in the care and justice systems.

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Black history in Scotland’s curriculum

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Deputy First Minister John Swinney MSP has responded to numerous asks that more is done to ensure social inequality, racism and Black history are covered in the education curriculum.

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A year of children’s food: a progress review of policy on children’s food and nutrition across the four UK nations 2019-20

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A new report reviews policy progress since the 2019 Children’s Right to Food Inquiry. The Inquiry found that inconsistent and insufficient policies were leaving large numbers of children unable to access the food they need, while other policies which seemed adequate on paper, were badly implemented in practice.

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New report on two-child limit and human rights obligations

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Child poverty

The two-child limit is a policy that restricts welfare payments to families based on family size. A new report from Just Fair finds that the policy is contrary to the UK’s human rights obligations as it forces families into poverty and hardship by preventing access to an adequate income.

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Keynote speech by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet

Date: 22nd July 2020
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Michelle Bachelet spoke at Child Rights Connect’s 2020 General Assembly, where 45 regional, national and local child rights organisations from around the world gathered. Michelle Bachelet’s keynote speech touched upon the impact of COVID-19 on children and the importance of to advance a child rights-based and multi-sectoral response to the pandemic.

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Survey seeks parents’ and carers’ experiences of life on low income during COVID-19

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Child poverty

Child Poverty Action Group has partnered with the University of York and University of Birmingham to produce the survey which seeks to understand the challenges parents and carers on low income are facing during the current pandemic. The aim is to document the impact of COVID-19 on these families and help policymakers make better decisions.

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Survey explores the effect COVID-19 has had on families

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Commissioned by Action for Children, a YouGov survey of over 2000 parents has highlighted the impact of COVID-19 and life in lockdown.

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EU leaders urged to tackle child poverty in EU recovery plan and budget

Date: 22nd July 2020
Category: Child poverty

Eurochild implores EU leaders to put children’s best interests at the heart of their budgeting decisions by supporting the proposal that each Member State allocates at least 5% of the European Social Fund Plus to address child poverty, in line with a Council Recommendation on the Child Guarantee.

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