Child Online Protection Guidelines empowering children to exercise their rights online

Date: 10th July 2020
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The International Telecommunication Union Guidelines on Child Online Protection are a comprehensive set of recommendations for parents, educators and policy makers on how to contribute to the development of a safe and empowering online environment for children and adolescents. These updated Guidelines for children aim to create a space for dialogue between children, their parents and carers, their teacher and educators and their peers, and support children to deal with the potential risks while also empowering them to explore the opportunities of the internet.

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#YouCanBe campaign resources to challenge gender stereotypes in the early years

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author: Zero Tolerance

Play is vital to help children develop their full potential and explore their interests. Therefore, it is important that children’s play is not limited by stereotypes about what boys and girls should do and be. Zero Tolerance has put together resources and play ideas that are stereotype-free and perfect for all genders.

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Clear your head - health and wellbeing resources

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
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Clear Your Head has produced a wealth of tips and tricks to help children and young people keep moving, create routines, look after themselves, stay in touch and feel calmer.

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#PowerOfYouth campaign resources for young people to get support, take action, be heard and celebrate efforts

Date: 25th June 2020
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
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The #PowerOfYouth campaign is a nationwide collaborative effort, which aims to recognise young people for their efforts, empower more young people to make a difference and give opportunities for young people to shape their future. This site is curated by young people, for young people, offering resources to get support, take action, be heard and celebrate their efforts.

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Yello! An animation for children who do not feel safe at home

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Domestic Abuse
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Scottish Women's Aid Young Expert group (Yello!) have created an animation for children and young people who do not feel safe at home during lockdown.

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Adventures at Home newspaper

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author: Children's Parliament

This newspaper for children includes children's rights-based activities, creative ideas and tips from Members of Children's Parliament on how to keep happy, healthy, safe and connected.

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What is discrimination? A learning activity for young people

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Non-discrimination
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This activity will develop children’s understanding of what is meant by the word discrimination and the impact this can have on different groups.

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Resources to address children’s fears about returning to school and to learn about the Black Lives Matter movement

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms
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These resources support communication and understanding of the Black Lives Matter movement and alleviate children and young people’s nerves about returning to school in the context of COVID-19. The resources are in the form of visuals, which are easy to process and understand for many.

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‘Can’t Talk, Write’ toolkit

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Action for Children

Two toolkits have been created, one for children and young people aged 11-18 years old and one for adults working with them. Each toolkit includes printable activities and ideas to get children and young people writing to express their thoughts and feelings.

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What Works for Children’s Social Care podcast

Date: 11th June 2020
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
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This podcast shares the latest evidenced-based practice from academics, senior leaders, social workers and experts by experience to improve children’s social care and the outcomes it generates for children and families.

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