Before Care

Date: 2nd November 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Children's Rights Director for England

Before Care, the latest report by Children's Rights Director for England, Dr Roger Morgan, is a small but significant survey of 50 children, from different authorities across the country, who recently entered the care system. It provides first hand accounts of children's experiences before entering care and raises concerns about how ill informed and unprepared some children are when they come into care.

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Youth Violence in Scotland: Literature Review

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Equal protection from violence
Author: The Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research

The review draws on available sources of data from administrative sources (recorded crime, criminal proceedings, school exclusions, referrals to the Children's Hearings System) and from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey to construct a picture of what is known about youth violence using official data sources.

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Schools and Youth Resources on HIV in Scotland

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Children in situations of exploitation
Author: Waverley Care

In recognition of World Aids Day on 1 December, Waverley Care has produced a series of resource sheets to help young people think about their own attitudes and challenge misconceptions about HIV and Aids.The aim of this work is to minimise onward transmission and break down barriers of stigma and discrimination.

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Toolkit on Diversion and Alternatives to Detention

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: UNICEF

The overall goal of the toolkit is to support UNICEF and their partners in implementing key provisions of the CRC relating to children in conflict with the law, specifically: reducing children's contact with judicial proceedings and ensuring that deprivation of liberty of children in conflict with the law is actually used as a last resort, decreasing the number of children deprived of liberty.

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EACH Child and Young Person’s Health Matters: who looks after those in care when they are ill?

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Action for Sick Children Scotland

Over the past three years Action for Sick Children (Scotland)'s Children and Young People in and leaving Care project has examined the healthcare needs and issues of children and young people in care. The development of a toolkit to help meet these needs is now complete with the addition of six podcast interviews with relevant healthcare professionals, examining their role and promoting best practice.

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Child Health Rights, What Do You Know? Young Parents Speak Out

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare
Author: Action for Sick Children Scotland

The Tayside Child Healthcare Rights Project DVD 'Child Health Rights, What do You Know? Young Parents Speak Out' gives information to young parents on how to access healthcare for their children. The DVD is an excellent training resource for those working with young parents.

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Poverty Information Resource Guide

Date: 1st November 2010
Category: Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Poverty Alliance

This guide has been produced to provide facts and figures alongside case studies of real experience for anyone who is looking for information on poverty in the UK.

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Relative Value

Date: 13th October 2010
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Citizens Advice Scotland

Citizens Advice Scotland have published a report highlighting the problems that face people who care for children who are part of their extended family.

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Valuing Children's Potential - How children's participation contributes to fighting poverty and social exclusion

Date: 12th October 2010
Category: Respect for the views of the child
Author: Eurochild

This publication demonstrates, through the description of concrete case studies, how children and young people can participate and get involved in decisions affecting their lives and how their participation can contribute to the fight against child poverty and social exclusion.

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10th International Conference of National Human Rights Institutions Resources

Date: 10th October 2010
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Human Rights Commission

Scotland was the host of the 10th International Conference of National Human Rights Institutions, which took place at the Scottish Parliament from 8 - 10 October 2010.

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