What a sunny time Nicola and #RightsRabbit have had this morning Lawmuir PS

They read Let’s Explore Our Rights with P1, heard from P6 about their climate change campaigning & talked with the Rights Ambassadors about rights & education. Awesome #RightsDefenders

Big thanks to

Thanks to our Young Advisors for meeting online yesterday evening.

We enjoyed a Would You Rather?icebreaker. Most of us would rather be able to fly then be invisible!

Then had great discussions around climate change and how children and young people’s voices must be better

📣 Our Plan 2024-28, with children and young people's views at its ❤️. #Education , #Poverty , #MentalHealth , #Discrimination , #ClimateChange & being involved in decisions affecting them are their big issues - so they will be ours 🪧.

Read full report: bit.ly/4aZwIJP

Young people are not raising behaviour in school as issue - but they 'always' want to talk about education, says Nicola Killean

She says education will be one of her three 'top priorities' over the next four years

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'This plan has the voices of children and young people throughout.' - Commissioner, Nicola Killean

The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, presented their Strategic Plan for 2024-2028 to Education, Children and Young People Committee this morning.

Watch online 📺🔗 ow.ly/VZ5y50Ri3Uo

Our meeting with Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland has just started.

Watch live: ow.ly/W7Bm50RhRvp

Thank you to Morgan Academy for inviting us to their inaugural Learner Participation Summit today.

It was great to hear from the 5 participation communities on how they worked with & listened to their peers, staff and parents to identify improvement areas.

Good luck 🍀 with

🇺🇳 Exploring Scotland’s ‘to do list’ from the UN!

Our 24th post highlights UN's calls that best interests of child should be primary consideration in decisions like sentencing, & that alternatives to prison should be considered

Is 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 on track? #RightsOnTrack

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The full programme for Children in Scotland's annual conference has just been announced ✨

Two days of inspiring talks, workshops, and panels from people like Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, 🌿Dr Alexia Barrable🌿, Children's Parliament, and Jimmy Paul.

We're excited! Full programme and tickets here 👇🏼

Thanks for showing us your powerful #7WordStory on rights with us Forces Children Scotland

“RIGHTS BELONG TO EVERYONE
NOT JUST ADULTS.”

“They need to
LISTEN TO ME
more!!!”

✍️New blog:

Ahead of our Annual Conference, Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland Nicola Killean, who will co-chair day one of the conference, discusses the importance of participation and engagement to ensure young people’s voices are heard and acted upon.

🔗 childreninscotland.org.uk/children-and-y…

Just arrived to prep to take part in Together 🧡’s parliamentary reception! 🥳
Can’t wait to celebrate rights all together with the rest of #TeamScotlandUN from Children's Parliament and Scottish Youth Parliament and Human Rights Detectives too! #UNCRCScotland

🎉 Had a fantastic weekend meeting new members of our Young Advisors team! Inspiring to see passionate young people from across 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 discussing human rights & shaping our work. Excited to share more about our new Strategic Plan & the crucial role our Young Advisors will play.🪧