Date: 6th September 2023
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Child poverty, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author:

New research by One-Parent Families Scotland has revealed the detrimental financial and emotional impact of poverty on a family when a child enters care and if they return from care, as well as a gap in policy responses and service delivery. 

Date: 13th February 2023
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Child poverty
Author:

Aimed at children’s practitioners and school communities, this new resource includes 40 case studies demonstrating tried and tested ways to reduce costs in schools to ensure all children can take part in the school day.

Date: 10th March 2022
Category: Child poverty, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Right to life, survival and development, Best interests of the child
Author:

On behalf of Parenting across Scotland, we would like to thank you for joining the second webinar about the UNCRC and families titled “UNCRC – Supporting Families”.

Date: 8th July 2021
Category: Child poverty
Author: Child Poverty Action Group

Talking about school costs and money can be challenging but doing it well helps make sure families get the financial support they need and helps children and young people realise their right to education. The Cost of the School Day project at Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland has just launched a new resource and animation designed to support school-to-home conversations about costs and money.

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Child poverty, Basic Health and Welfare
Author:

The course helps build an understanding of how to care for vulnerable children. It is suitable for anyone who may come into contact with them or has an interest in this area.

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: COVID-19, Basic Health and Welfare, Child poverty
Author: Eurochild

Watch the highlights video of Eurochild’s webinar series focused on how to bring a children’s rights perspective to Europe’s recovery from COVID-19 and the economic crisis. 

Date: 19th November 2020
Category: COVID-19, Mental health, Child poverty, Social security and childcare, Health and health services, Education, including vocational education
Author: UNICEF

The library contains global scientific research and evidence on children and the coronavirus pandemic, building upon UNCEF Innocenti’s existing COVID-19 rapid research response microsite.

Date: 12th February 2020
Category: Child poverty, Social security and childcare
Author:

The ‘Talk.Act.Change.’ toolkit is designed to get people talking about social rights and the change they would like to see in their local area.

Date: 29th October 2019
Category: Child poverty
Author:

The report looks at the impact that governments have had on poverty in Scotland over the past 20 years and how this evidence can be used to inform policy development for the future.

Date: 20th March 2019
Category: Child poverty, Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Child Poverty Action Group

The Children’s Handbook Scotland provides a complete guide to benefits and tax credits where children are living away from their parents, including children in kinship or foster care, children looked after by the local authority, and children at residential school, in residential care or in hospital.

Date: 12th September 2018
Category: Child poverty, Education, including vocational education, Additional support for learning, Parental guidance
Author: Child Poverty Action Group

Alongside their recent film launched in partnership with NHS Health Scotland, Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) have published a toolkit which aims to support schools in addressing financial barriers to participation and learning.

Date: 12th September 2018
Category: Child poverty, Health and health services, Right to life, survival and development
Author:

The Food Foundation have published their latest report which aims to assess how affordable the Eatwell guide is for low-income households.

Date: 5th September 2017
Category: Child poverty, Education, including vocational education
Author: Child Poverty Action Group

CPAG in Scotland have launched a series of free resources on the cost of the school day for use in group or training settings, and to support schools to increase their understanding of child poverty, identify the impact of school costs and decide what action to take.

Date: 1st November 2016
Category: Child poverty
Author: NHS Health Scotland

This learning resource aims to raise awareness of the plight of young peoples' poverty issues in Scotland, and the impact poverty has on their health and wellbeing. It reflects key messages on health inequalities, making it a relevant topic.

Date: 27th July 2016
Category: Child poverty
Author: Eurochild

A resource developed with children, for children. This child friendly resource explains the Recommendation on Investing in Children, which was produced originally by the European Commission in 2013.

Date: 29th June 2016
Category: Child poverty
Author: Scottish Government

An easy-read summary of statistics on poverty in Scotland. This has been developed jointly with the Scottish Government and Poverty Truth Commission (PTC) and includes the main statistical headlines alongside contributions from people with experience of living in poverty.

Date: 24th November 2015
Category: Child poverty
Author: Child Poverty Action Group

A new factsheet is now available which provides a summary of UK Government reductions to the welfare budget since June 2010 and their impact on families in Scotland.

Date: 28th April 2015
Category: Awareness-raising, Child poverty, Respect for the views of the child
Author: The Shetland Islands Council

The Shetland Islands Council has produced a short drama based on youth-led peer research, focusing on perspectives of life in Shetland.