Participation
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Scottish Government UNCRC Innovation Fund: Hello in There, Wee One
22nd November 2024 by Children's Rights Team
In this blog post we learn about Dundee’s “Hello in There, Wee One” project, designed to support bonding between parents-to-be and their babies, with the belief that a child’s sense of security and belonging starts before birth.
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Scottish Government UNCRC Innovation Fund: South Lanarkshire pathways project
21st November 2024 by Children's Rights Team
In this blog post you can read about the South Lanarkshire Pathways project and how is creating a vital support system for young people.
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Minister for Children, Young People and the Promise: Happy World Children’s Day
20th November 2024 by Minister for Children, Young People and the Promise
A letter from Natalie Don-Innes MSP, Minister for Children, Young People and the Promise to the children and young people of Scotland on World Children’s Day.
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Developing pathways together
19th November 2024 by Children's Rights Team
The Children’s Rights Unit is developing a new resource for children and young people to help them understand how they access, realise, and claim their rights when they feel they are not being respected.
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8th annual Cabinet meeting with children and young people 2024
18th November 2024 by Children's Rights Team
The Scottish Government’s Children’s Rights Team share some insight into the 8th annual Cabinet takeover with children and young people.
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“Seen, Heard, Included”: Putting the voices of disabled children and young people at the heart of the development of a National Transitions to Adulthood Strategy
24th November 2023 by Children's Rights Team
‘Transitions from school can be scary; change is a big thing to navigate, and knowing what it will entail is hard’ (Young Person contributing to the development of the National Transitions Strategy) One policy team in Scottish Government that has demonstrated a strong commitment to listening to young people’s voice is the Supporting Disabled Children…
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Happy World Children’s Day
20th November 2023 by Children's Rights Team
To mark World Children’s Day 2023 we invited young people from the Scottish Youth Parliament to ask Ms Don, the Minister for Children and Young People and Keeping the Promise, their questions about the work to embed children’s rights into Scots law.
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Better Tribunals: a co-production approach with child service users
18th November 2022 by May Dunsmuir, President of the Health and Education Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland
The Additional Support Needs Tribunal in Scotland puts Article 12 of the UNCRC into practice to co-produce the new design and environment of the Tribunal to meet the needs of the children using the service.
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Countdown to World Children’s Day
14th November 2022 by Caroline McMenemy
The Empowered Children and Young People’s Team at Scottish Government celebrate World Children’s Day. They invite young people to sign up to UNICEF’s Voices of Youth project and share the work they’ve been doing to support children’s rights.
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