COVID-19: Human rights should be at the centre of recovery

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Funding

Scottish Government has recently committed to a rights-based approach to decision making when transitioning out of lockdown. To translate this into action, the Government should follow the series of recommendations made by Scottish Human Rights Commission and Social Care Alliance Scotland, and adhere to the principles of accountability, transparency and participation when making budgetary decisions.

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Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland highlight concerns about supermarkets

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Following reports that parents are facing criticism by members of the public and supermarket staff for bring their children to the shops, the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland wrote to supermarket Chief Executives urging them to provide guidance and training to staff.

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COVID-19: Multiple challenges faced during the first five weeks of lockdown

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The concerns of a group of people with lived experience of poverty have been captured in the first five weeks of lockdown. The briefing aims to draw the UK and Scottish Government and Parliament’s attention to the experiences of people in poverty during the pandemic and offer suggestions on how to take a human rights-based approach to directing resources over the coming months.

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New report captures children and young people's views on the environment

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

The Crown Estate Scotland is responsible for the management of land and property in Scotland by the Monarchy. To children and young people’s insight is taken into account in the 2020-23 Corporate Plan, the views of seven to 25-year-olds on Scotland's land, seabed and coast were gathered.

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COVID- 19: A child’s rights crisis

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation

Aoife Nolan, Professor of International Human Rights Law and Co-Director of the Human Rights Law Centre at the University of Nottingham analyses whether children have become the biggest victims of this pandemic as she explores the effect of COVID-19.

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COVID-19: Results from survey offer insight into how parents and carers are coping during lockdown

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Connect’s survey ran for the first four weeks of school closures and received 1578 responses from parents and carers across 29 local authorities in Scotland. Concerns of parents and carers include: their ability to support their child’s learning, children’s health and wellbeing, lack of social interaction and absence of communication from school or nursery.

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Play Scotland request for resources

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

Play Scotland is asking all organisations in the play sector to share their play and family-based resources which would help parents and families during this time.

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Seeking the views of children and young people

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General principles

Carers Trust Scotland is asking young carers to share their experience of being a young carer in school, university, college in Scotland, or who are in the process of applying to university or college. Clan Childlaw is seeking the insight from children, young people, family members, carers or professionals supporting children and young people about how COVID-19 is and lockdown is affecting them and what they think the long-term impact of the pandemic will be.

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Survey opened: Discovering the impact of school closures

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Following the closures of schools due to COVID-19, councils and schools are currently offering support for families and children. Parents or carers with school aged children can share their thoughts and experiences of the success of the support offered by government, councils and schools and identify areas of improvement.

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COVID-19: Survey results reveal further support should made available to care-experienced children

Date: 28th May 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care

Adoption UK ran a week-long survey in April for parents and carers of care-experienced children who would normally be in school. The UK-wide survey received 660 valid responses and found 85% of care-experienced children are not receiving additional support for their home-based learning. Following this finding, the organisation is calling on the governments in all four nations to provide additional funding and resources to help schools support these children.

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