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Advancing Children’s Rights
Amendments to legislation incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child will deliver a clear, coherent and workable Bill that provides some valuable protections for the rights of children in Scotland..
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  28 June, 2023
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Post-school Education and Skills
A new national model of public funding for all colleges and universities, as well as apprenticeships and training, will be developed as part of widespread reforms across the education and skills sector.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  28 June, 2023
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Women's Experiences of Discrimination and the Impact on Health: Evidence Review
Findings from a evidence review of how women in Scotland experience discrimination and how it affects their health. The final part of this report describes the methods and analysis of in-depth interviews with young women aged 16-25 years.
  • Topic:  Equality, Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  27 June, 2023
Participatory Research and Community Safety Questionnaire
Generations Working Together (GWT) are looking for your help to explore connections between younger and older people in Glasgow communities.
  • Date:  26 June, 2023
HBSC Report on Scottish Adolescents: Unravelling Health Trends and Lifestyle Choices
New insights into Scottish adolescents’ health and lifestyle trends have been unveiled recently in HBSC Scotland’s latest national report.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  26 June, 2023
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Age-appropriate Care and Justice
Proposed legislation to ensure children receive age-appropriate justice and support has passed its first parliamentary stage, in a vital step towards Keeping the Promise.
  • Topic:  Child Protection, Prevention & Early Intervention
  • Date:  26 June, 2023
Three members of Scotland's Young People's Forest collect their finalist certificate at the Scottish Charity Awards.
SYPF Recognised at Scottish Charity Awards
Four young panellists travelled to Edinburgh for a night of celebration after SYPF was selected as a finalist in the Climate Conscious category.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  26 June, 2023
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Attainment Scotland Fund - Improvement in Attainment and Health and Wellbeing: Evaluation Report
Evidence around improvement in attainment and health and wellbeing, and the gap between pupils from the most and least deprived areas. It is an initial key output from the new Attainment Scotland Fund (ASF) evaluation strategy and forms part of the overall body of evidence for the evaluation.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  26 June, 2023
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Learning for Sustainability Action Plan now live
A refreshed action plan placing sustainability at the centre of the Scottish education system has been launched – including an ambitious commitment to ensure that every school and early learning setting will be sustainable by 2030.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  26 June, 2023
Better Together: Youth Work with Schools report
This new report from the National Youth Agency in England is the result of a call for evidence and a survey of schools and youth work organisations, as well as interviews with young people. 
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  22 June, 2023
Transforming Conflict, Improving Lives: A new report by Cyrenians Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution
The SCCR has launched a new report covering the service's work over the past seven years while looking to its future.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  22 June, 2023
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Decision-making: Children and young people's participation
Scottish Government guidance to support those who are required to or want to engage with children and young people as part of their decision-making.
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  22 June, 2023

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