New edition of ‘Birth to 5 Matters’ guidance launched

Date: 10th August 2026
Category: Babies and early years
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A new and updated edition of ‘Birth to 5 Matters’, the non-statutory guidance for the early years sector, has been launched by the Early Years Coalition (EYC), a group of organisations working to support early years education.

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New resource: putting children’s rights at the heart of your service

Date: 10th August 2026
Category: General measures of implementation
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A new resource from the Improvement Service has been developed to help service managers understand where to start when considering children’s rights in the design and delivery of public services.

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“Welcome to the Highlands of Scotland” storybook for early years/early primary

Date: 10th August 2026
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
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A new storybook, titled ‘Welcome to the Highlands of Scotland’, has been co-created by children and young people from Drakies Primary School in Inverness. The children played an active role in creating the book, writing the story, designing the pages and producing the illustrations. The resource aims to help young children develop a sense of connection and belonging as they prepare to move into nursery or early primary school.

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New eLearning module available from CYCJ

Date: 10th August 2026
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CYCJ, in collaboration with the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, have launched a new eLearning module on Hackling harmful sexual behaviour, which focuses on working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour. This resource will point you to ways of working, ideas and resources that you can integrate into your practice to ensure that the approach that you and your agency take for this issue are in line with principles, up to date and in line with current good practice. Places cost £30 per learner and can be combined with any of the modules on the platform.

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Child Maintenance support and resources

Date: 10th July 2026
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Two new resources from the Transforming Child Maintenance project aim to improve information and support for families across Scotland.

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Children at the centre: Handbook on child participation practices from violence prevention projects across Europe

Date: 10th July 2026
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A new handbook from Eurochild and Terre des hommes highlights how 48 civil society organisations across nine European countries are involving children in violence prevention work.

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Children’s guide for moving to the Highlands

Date: 10th July 2026
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Children and young people from Armed Forces families across Highland have shared a powerful collective message about what life is really like when a parent serves. In their statement, they describe the pride they feel in their families, but also the unique challenges they face from frequent moves and long separations to the emotional strain of deployments.

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New eLearning module: Supporting communication in youth justice settings!

Date: 26th May 2026
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

TalkLinks and CYCJ have produced new eLearning: Supporting communication in youth justice settings! Learners will deepen their understanding of Speech Language and Communication Needs and their importance for children and young people in conflict with the law.

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Family returns consultation guide

Date: 19th May 2026
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Refugee and asylum seeking children
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Asylum Matters and Asylum Support Appeals Project have created a question by question guide to provide support for organisations and individuals who want to submit an answer to the UK Governments Reforming asylum support and enforcing family returns consultation.

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Upholding children’s rights in court: roles and responsibilities

Date: 1st May 2026
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

A new Guidance Toolkit has been launched to help ensure that children’s rights are upheld at every stage of their journey through the justice system. Developed to support a children’s human‑rights‑respecting approach, the toolkit sets out what good practice should look like, why it matters, and how agencies can work together to remove barriers that prevent children from receiving the support they are entitled to.

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New CYCJ e-learning on Rights respecting in residential care

Date: 9th April 2026
Category: Looked after children, Best interests of the child
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New eLearning available from CYCJ! Rights respecting in residential care has been co-authored with Care Visions residential to raise awareness about the unnecessary criminalisation of children in care.

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Camouflaged in the education system: The experiences of children and young people from Armed Forces families

Date: 9th April 2026
Category: Children in armed forces families, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Forces Children Scotland

In this new report, Forces Children Scotland shine a light on the fact that Children and young people from Armed Forces families are not always receiving the support they need within Scotland’s education system.

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Speaking up about crime resources

Date: 9th April 2026
Category: Best interests of the child, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Fearless.org

Fearless Scotland provides a range of useful resources that help parents, carers and those working with young people to encourage them to speak up about crime.

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Children's rights in Scotland hub

Date: 9th April 2026
Category: General measures of implementation
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Project Change has launched a new resource that gives a comprehensive overview of children’s rights in Scotland.

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New Human Rights Tracker

Date: 9th April 2026
Category: Reporting to and monitoring the UNCRC, General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Government

On 12 March 2026, Scottish Government launched its new Human Rights Tracker – an online platform designed to bring together recommendations from international human rights treaty bodies in one place.

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Responding to the needs of infants, babies and very young children

Date: 16th February 2026
Category: Babies and early years
Author: Children's Hearings Scotland

Children’s Hearings Scotland has published a practice guide to help volunteer Panel Members better understand and respond to the specific needs of infants, babies and very young children within Scotland’s Children’s Hearings System.

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A parent’s story: chatting about reducing gaming and gambling harm

Date: 16th February 2026
Category: Parental guidance, Best interests of the child, Recreation, play and cultural activities
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The Scottish Gambling Education Hub is delighted to launch its new booklet for parents, carers: A Parent’s Story: Chatting about reducing gaming and gambling harm.

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Good practice guide for solicitors in the children’s hearings system

Date: 16th February 2026
Category: Training, Children in conflict with the law
Author: Clan Childlaw

Clan Childlaw is pleased to share a newly launched resource that reflects the child-centred approach that is at the heart of its work. The resource sets out to ensure that regardless of their age, children are at the centre of decision making.

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Webinar: MENA Peer-to-Peer Learning Session on Public Budgeting for Children

Date: 16th February 2026
Category: Budgeting, Best interests of the child
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Save the Children has published a new resource from the How to Child Rights series focused on strengthening civil society engagement in public budget analysis and advocacy for children’s rights.

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Bullying- a guide for parents and carers

Date: 16th February 2026
Category: Bullying, Parental guidance
Author: Respectme

Respect me is pleased to share their free parents and carer e-Learning module on bullying.

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