“I’d play all day and night if I could”

Date: 9th May 2011
Category: Refugee and asylum seeking children
Author: Children's Parliament

The need for better recognition of the child's right to play brought the International Play Association (Scotland) and the Children's Parliament together with children across Scotland to talk about what play means to them and how their experience of play could be better.

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Governance fit for children

Date: 2nd May 2011
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Save the Children

This report is part of an overarching project across five European countries and the EU institution. The aim is to assess how far the general measures of implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) have been realised at European, national and community level.

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Homeless Children

Date: 15th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Shelter Scotland

Homelesschildren.org.uk is an online resource which provides expert guidance and advice for education professionals on measures they can take to mitigate the impact of homelessness on a child's schooldays.

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Running away and future homelessness - the missing link?

Date: 15th April 2011
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Shelter Scotland

This report highlights the fact that most young homeless people (84 per cent) had also run away over night before the age of 16. This is considerably higher than the national rate of running away which is estimated at 11 per cent.

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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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