Youth Index 2017 – a concerning outlook for young people

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Mental health

The 2017 Prince's Trust Macquarie Youth Index warns that more than a quarter of young people (28%) don't feel in control of their lives, with concerns about job prospects, self-confidence and recent political events playing on young minds.

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Army training ‘more harmful than the war’ – young veterans

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Armed conflict

A series of short films have been published which feature a young British veteran who, enlisted at 17, talking frankly and graphically about all aspects of army life.

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Theresa May Plans UK Withdrawal From European Convention on Human Rights – Report

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Other human rights treaties and mechanisms

Theresa May plans to take the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), according to new reports which claim that the Prime Minister plans to fight the 2020 election on a platform of leaving the ECHR.

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Forced marriage in the UK

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Children in situations of exploitation

The UK has been condemned for its treatment of British victims of forced marriage overseas after it was revealed that it confiscates victims' passports until they pay off a loan for their own repatriation.

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Asylum-seeking children in UK

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Refugee , migrant and asylum-seeking children

A group of 36 teenage asylum seekers, who previously lived in the Calais refugee camps and currently reside in French reception centres, have taken legal action against the government of the UK.

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Equal Protection from Violence in France

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Equal protection from violence

The French parliament has passed the Equality and Citizenship bill which promotes the ending of violence against children including corporal punishment.

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Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation – increasing the number of successful donations

Date: 10th January 2017
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

This consultation seeks views on ways in which the number of organ and tissue donors in Scotland can be increased.

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Age of criminal responsibility to be raised to 12

Date: 13th December 2016
Category: Age of criminal responsibility

As repeatedly called for in Together's annual State of Children's Rights reports, the age of criminal responsibility is to be increased from 8 to 12 years old.

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#IncludED in the Main?!

Date: 13th December 2016
Category: Disabled children

Enable Scotland have published the findings from its large Scotland-wide survey on the 22 steps on the journey to inclusion for every pupil who has a learning disability.

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Launch of ‘Playing Together’ - A Post-Symposium Report 2016

Date: 13th December 2016
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

The 'Playing Together' Symposium was a multi-sectoral event which aimed to bring together the play and youth work strategies. This report is intended to give an overview of the symposium's themes and to prompt further meaningful debate, dialogue and collaboration between the two sectors.

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