New guidance document: children affected by migration

Date: 27th July 2016
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Kopin

This new resource is a set of recommended principles to guide actions concerning children on the move and other children affected by migration, prepared by a large number of experts from UN agencies, academics, donor agencies and civil society organisations.

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How Good is the Learning and Development in Our Community? Evaluation resource

Date: 29th June 2016
Category: Additional support for learning
Author: Education Scotland

Education Scotland has refreshed its self-evaluation framework for Community Learning and Development practitioners. The new framework replaces How Good is Our Community Learning and Development? (2nd edition) published in 2006.

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Throughcare and Aftercare flowchart resource

Date: 29th June 2016
Category: Looked after children
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

This resource demonstrates the journey a young person leaving the care system can take. It is aimed at both practitioners and young people moving towards more independent living and young adulthood.

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Poverty in Scotland statistics booklet

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.

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eLearning course for Front-line Staff: ‘Supporting Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse’

Date: 15th June 2016
Category: Protection from abuse or neglect
Author: roshni

roshni has developed a free national resource aimed at frontline staff and professionals across the public, private and third sectors which is Level 9 SCQA credit-rated entitled 'Supporting Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Building Knowledge and Skills (CSA2)'

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‘Under 18? Your Human Rights’ – a leaflet for young people

Date: 15th June 2016
Category: Awareness-raising
Author:

People under 18 have human rights, just like everyone else. What are these rights, and how are they protected in Scotland?

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Mental Health Website Developed by Young People for Peers Launched

Date: 15th June 2016
Category: Mental health
Author: NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGGC)

A new website developed by NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGGC) has been launched specifically to promote mental health and wellbeing in young people.

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New Father-Friendly resource published

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Parental responsibilities
Author: Fathers Network Scotland

What does father-proofing mean in practice? As part of Year of the Dad, two major new papers have been presented showing exactly how organisations often unconsciously exclude dads - and the huge growth in those who have turned 'father-friendly'.

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Free booklets to help children understand their rights

Date: 1st June 2016
Category: Awareness-raising
Author:

The Commissioner's office currently has several copies of a free booklet exploring the rights of children and young people.

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Voting in the EU Referendum for young people 18 and over - toolkit

Date: 18th May 2016
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: UK Government

In encouraging as many voters as possible to take part in the EU Referendum on Thursday 23rd June, the Electoral Commission has produced a toolkit resource to help voters, including young people aged 18 and over, to find more information on voting.

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