New corporate parenting resources now online!

Date: 1st April 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Who Cares? Scotland

A new and updated corporate parenting resource kit is available alongside a range of resources and information relating to looked after children and care leavers and the duties on corporate parents and professionals.

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New equality and human rights support for Scotland’s 3rd sector

Date: 1st April 2014
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Equality and Human Rights Performance Framework is a free online resource developed to improve performance and effectiveness by approaching things from an equality and human rights-based perspective.

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Recognising and Realising Children's Rights resource

Date: 18th March 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: Education Scotland

Education Scotland has produced a national professional development resource for adults working with children and young people, to develop participants' knowledge and understanding of the UNCRC.

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Children & young people's participation in policy-making: sharing practice

Date: 7th March 2014
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Centre for Research on Families and Relationships

A culmination of a knowledge exchange initiative to explore the challenges in ensuring the meaningful participation of children and young people in policy.

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Listening to children in their early years

Date: 24th February 2014
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Enquire

A new film has been made by Enquire on listening to children and it was launched at their 2014 Annual Conference.

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Children in Scotland members briefing: CYP Bill & named persons

Date: 18th February 2014
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Children in Scotland

Children in Scotland has produced a members briefing concerning the Named Person section (Part 4) of the proposed Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill.

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Parenting resources report

Date: 18th February 2014
Category: Policies & procedures
Author: CHILDREN 1ST

CHILDREN 1ST has published a report mapping current parenting information resources, including an online resource list with links.

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Parliamentary briefings for child sexual exploitation debate

Date: 4th February 2014
Category: Equal protection from violence, Children in situations of exploitation
Author: Barnardo's Scotland

In advance of the Parliamentary debate held on 28th January 2014 to discuss the recommendations in the Public Petitions Committee inquiry report into child sexual exploitation (CSE), some of Together's members prepared Parliamentary briefings.

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'The Role of Schools in Supporting Vulnerable Children and Families' briefing

Date: 4th February 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities
Author: WithScotland

This new briefing was produced by WithScotland in response to over 300 practitioners who, when surveyed, said they required more information and research on the topic of the role of schools in supporting vulnerable children and families.

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Children are Everyone’s Business Workbook 2.0

Date: 23rd January 2014
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: UNICEF

UNICEF has published a guide for integrating children's rights into business policies, impact assessments and sustainability reporting.

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