Here’s part 2 of our blog series on why the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill is so important. CYCJ’s Debbie Nolan draws on her 20+ years’ experience in social care and social work to explain why our children and young people need these changes.
cycj.org.uk/scotlands-on-t…

Do you know a young carer?

Our #YoungCarers Package is a free online programme of rewards & opportunities exclusive to #YoungCarers !

They have a chance to win:
⌚ FitBit
📱 IPad

Visit membership.young.scot to find out more!

Info & resources ➡️ young.scot/youngcarers

Thank you to the team at Scottish Youth Parliament for visiting this week to support young people from #BigNoiseRaploch to explore their rights and learn more about the #UNCRC and Scottish Government's consultation on incorporating the treaty into Scots law 🪧💪 #YouthEmpowerment

Message from Ann Skelton, Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child #UNCRC , on the International Day to End Corporal Punishment. 2024: Let's end violence against children! #childrensrights Ann Skelton Philip D. Jaffé

📣@ScotGov is committed to improving the mental health of parents, carers and infants throughout pregnancy and during the postnatal period. #MaternalMentalHealthAwarenessWeek

Find out more about perinatal & infant mental health support➡️
inspiringscotland.org.uk/perinatal-ment…

In a brand new evidence paper, the #InclusionAmbassadors have shared their experiences of schools’ approaches to relationships and behaviour.

They highlighted the use of positive reinforcement as being particularly important.

Find out more: childreninscotland.org.uk/new-paper-refl…

💃 This week on our podcast we chat to laura✌🏼 about using sport to maintain positive mental health.

🎙Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts!
➡️ 🎧 young.scot/podcast

We had a great day yesterday, meeting children and young people in #Dumfries

Thanks to
👍 6th Dumfries Brownies for your enthusiasm for our rights workshop. Good luck with your My Rights badge!
👍 Pupil council members Dumfries High School for sharing your thoughts and experiences on…

R10 made me so proud today by sharing their amazing work with our special visitor Nicola Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland 🌍
They discussed their work on The Outright Campaign as well the importance of their rights Children's Right's
Well done! 👏🏼 🌟 Lawmuir PS Miss Law @RRSALawmuirPS

We have laid our Strategic Plan 2024-28 before Scottish Parliament

As Scotland’s human rights watchdog, our top priorities are:
· Poverty
· Places of Detention
· Access to Justice
· Rights Most at Risk

Read the plan on our website ⬇️
shorturl.at/dEO46

A significant milestone for children's rights in Scotland today.
We welcome the improvements in the lives of children in conflict with the law that will be brought as a result of the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill being passed today by MSPs in Scottish Parliament.

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

tes.com/magazine/news/…

'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