Child Protection Improvement Programme

  • Safer Internet Day 2021 Planning Day

    30th October 2020 by

    Internet safety for children and young people It has never been more important to emphasise and raise awareness of keeping Scotland’s children and young people safe and resilient in the digital world. As part of an ongoing commitment to celebrate Safer Internet Day annually, the Scottish Government and the UK Safer Internet Centre would like...

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  • Child Protection Improvement Programme Update #16

    8th October 2020 by

    The National Child Protection Leadership Group The Covid-19 Children and Families Collective Leadership Group has oversight on child protection during the Covid-19 period. The group meets fortnightly and reports to the Communities and Public Services Ministerial Group. The membership of this group closely mirrors that of the National Child Protection Leadership Group. The next meeting...

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  • Child Protection Improvement Programme Update #15

    18th June 2020 by

    The National Child Protection Leadership Group The National Child Protection Leadership Group were due to meet on 10 June 2020. This meeting has been cancelled due to Covid-19. The new Covid-19 Children and Families Collective Leadership Group meets weekly and reports to the Communities and Public Services Ministerial Group led by the Deputy First Minister....

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  • Child Protection Improvement Programme Update #14

    16th March 2020 by

    The National Child Protection Leadership Group The National Child Protection Leadership Group last met on 7 January 2020. The group received an update on the development and implementation of the Minimum Dataset for Child Protection Committees, Joint Investigative Interviews and Barnahus work. The group also received an update on children, young people and families participation...

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  • Child Protection Improvement Programme Update #13

    16th December 2019 by

    The National Child Protection Leadership Group The National Child Protection Leadership Group last met on 4 September 2019. The group received an update on the Chief Officers’ Leadership Event which took place in June 2019. Members had an in depth discussion on The Expert Group on Preventing Sexual Offending Involving Children and Young People Report,...

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  • Child Protection Improvement Programme Update #12

    18th June 2019 by

    We would like to bring your awareness to the Child Protection Committees Scotland’s (CPC Scotland) media campaign ‘Eyes Open’ (#EyesOpen) which will be launched on Monday 24 June 2019.  We welcome the campaign ‘Eyes Open’ which aims to raise awareness of the important role everyone has to keep children safe from harm in the holidays....

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  • Child Protection Improvement Programme Update #11

    15th March 2019 by

    The National Child Protection Leadership Group The National Child Protection Leadership Group last met on 16 January 2019. Minutes from the October 2018 meeting will be published shortly and will be available on the Scottish Government website. The Chief Officers Leadership Events (COLEs) subgroup have recommended that the next COLEs should solely be for Chief...

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  • Child Protection Improvement Programme Update Part 2 #10

    20th December 2018 by

    December Blog – part 2 The National Action Plan on Internet safety for Children and Young People As part of the implementation of the actions within the National Action Plan on Internet Safety for Children and Young People, the Scottish Government supported the UK Safer Internet Centre to facilitate a planning day on 15 November...

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  • Child Protection Improvement Programme – Update #10

    13th December 2018 by

    December Blog – part 1 After a busy summer and a slight pause in blogging, we are pleased to provide an update in two parts, of progress on the delivery of the actions from the Child Protection Improvement Programme (CPIP) and also highlight work underway across other policy areas. The National Child Protection Leadership Group...

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  • Child Protection Improvement Programme – Update #9

    25th June 2018 by

    As the Scottish Parliament breaks for summer recess this week, we thought it would be timely to provide an update on the work being undertaken to deliver the recommendations of the Child Protection Improvement Programme (CPIP). Firstly, we would like to bring your awareness to the Child Protection Committees Scotland’s (CPC Scotland) media campaign ‘Eyes...

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