UNICEF UK manifesto for children in Scotland 2011

Date: 7th April 2011
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: UNICEF

UNICEF UK calls on all political parties to champion the rights of every child in Scotland by making the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child part of Scots law. This would make the Convention directly applicable in Scottish courts of law and help ensure that the duties the Convention places on wider society to protect children and support their development are better understood.

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Early Years Briefing 1: Fetal Alcohol Harm

Date: 4th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Children in Scotland

This briefing looks at fetal alcohol harm - the range of birth defects that can result from prenatal exposure to alcohol causing permanent brain and nervous system damage affecting learning, behaviour and life chances.

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Parents on TV

Date: 4th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Children with disabilities
Author: Parenting UK

Parentchannel.tv is a free online service designed to support and encourage parents and carers of children aged 5-19, with a collection of videos addressing a wide range of parenting topics.

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Parenting across Scotland Manifesto 2011

Date: 1st April 2011
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Parenting across Scotland

Parenting across Scotland would like Scotland to be the best place for families to bring up their children but at the moment, it's very far from being that. The Parenting across Scotland manifesto calls on the Scottish Government to 'family-proof' their policies, invest in the importance of parenting, ensure that families get the help they need when they need it, ensure that adequate childcare is available and that employers are family friendly.

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Young Scot: Access All Areas

Date: 1st April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Young Scot

Young Scot Access All Areas was a three-year inclusion project, which aimed to empower young people from ethnic minority, refugee, asylum seeking and faith groups to influence service provision in their local area, enhance access and promote inclusion.

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Setting the Scene… for Scotland’s Disabled Children

Date: 1st April 2011
Category: Children with disabilities
Author: For Scotland's Disabled Children

"Setting the Scene" presents a Scotland-wide picture of disabled children - numbers, services, educational provision, strategies, plans and outcomes - and how services are supported and configured.

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Being part of Scotland's story under the Disability Convention

Date: 1st April 2011
Category: Children with disabilities
Author: Equality and Human Rights Commission

This is the report of the joint Commissions' participation event (28 Match 2011) with disabled people in Scotland about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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SCRA Corporate Plan 2011-14

Date: 22nd March 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, General measures of implementation, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

The Scottish Children's Reporter Administration Corporate Plan outlines our commitment to working with partners in delivering the best outcomes for vulnerable children and young people, their families and carers, and the communities in which they live.

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Count Us In: Mind Over Matter

Date: 17th March 2011
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education

This guide is part of the Count Us In online resource that gives the professional view of HMIE on the strengths and best practice in implementing inclusion and equality across education in Scotland, and sets out what needs to be done now to improve.

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Scotland: a safe place for child traffickers?

Date: 14th March 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, General measures of implementation
Author: Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People

At least 80 and possibly many more children may have been trafficked into Scotland in 18 months without a single person being convicted for the crimes, according to a new report published by Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People (SCCYP) and the Centre for Rural Childhood, Perth College UHI. The report is the first in Scotland to attempt to quantify the scale of the problem.

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