The Play Return: A review of the wider impact of play initiatives

Date: 1st July 2014
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities

To support Playday 2014, the Children's Play Policy Forum released a report presenting evidence to build the case for improving the play opportunities of children and young people.

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Mental Health (Scotland) Bill: call for written evidence

Date: 27th June 2014
Category: Mental health

The Health and Sport Committee has launched a call for written evidence in order to inform its consideration of the Mental Health (Scotland) Bill.

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Equally Safe: Scotland’s strategy for preventing & eradicating violence against women and girls

Date: 25th June 2014
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect

The Scottish Government has released a Strategy which aims to create a Scotland where all individuals are equally safe and respected and where women and girls live free from abuse and attitudes that help perpetuate it.

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Election results announced for UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Date: 25th June 2014
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC

On the 25th June 2014, States met at the UN General Assembly in New York to elect nine people to serve on the 18-strong UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

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Call for equal protection from violence for children in Scottish criminal law

Date: 23rd June 2014
Category: Equal protection from violence

Bruce Adamson has written a blog outlining the need to give children in Scotland the same protection from assault as adults.

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UK concluding observations on Optional Protocol on sale of children

Date: 20th June 2014
Category: UNCRC Optional Protocols and General Comments

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published a set of UK recommendations on its implementation of children's rights in relation to Optional Protocol 1 to the UNCRC.

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Police Scotland to end stop and search on children under 12

Date: 19th June 2014
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms

Police Scotland announced that it is to end the practice of consensual stop searches on children under the age of 12, to a Holyrood Committee on 19th June 2014.

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New report on family & school influences on children’s well-being

Date: 18th June 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

A new report from Growing Up in Scotland explores family and school influences on children's social and emotional well-being at age 7.

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New sport strategy for children and young people in Scotland

Date: 17th June 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

' Giving children and young people a sporting chance: Scotland's sport strategy for children and young people ' has been published to help fulfill the vision of lifelong participation in sport for all children and young people.

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‘Learning Lessons’: young people’s views on poverty and education in Scotland

Date: 13th June 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

A new report sets out the key messages from a study to examine young people's views on how to better support young people experiencing poverty to achieve at school and in life.

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