Children's Rights in Action

In this episode, Tracey Docherty (on secondment with Children's Parliament from Early Years Scotland) speaks with practitioners from Early Years Scotland who work on Early Years Scotland's Young Children Affected by Parental Imprisonment Programme, namely their Fathers' Programme. he Early Years Scotland Young Children Affected by Parental Imprisonment Programme takes place in six pris...

Designed by and with the children and young people of the local area, with the support of local police officers, supermarket boss and community organisations, Mastrick Youth Club (the first outdoor youth club of it's kind in Scotland!) has offered many groups of young people somewhere safe to go and hang out with their friends. In this episode, PC Derek Bain, Hannah Clews and Sarah Dunn share...

Kate Cuddihy, Children's Parliament's National Programmes Programme Manager, and Dr Andrew Williams of St Andrews University introduce their new project to us today: "Food and Fairness". Working with two schools in Glenrothes, Children's Parliament and St Andrews University are investigating children's views on food, fairness and access. You can find out more about this w...

Sophia Georgescu, Project Worker at Children's Parliament, interviews Lucy Power, Co-Director of Rowanbank Environmental Arts & Education to discover more about their Positive Imagining's Project. Positive Imaginings is a Creative Climate Education Project , which artistically presents children's imaginings of a positive future in the face of climate change, and includes: an outdoo...

As a sister, follow-up episode to our conversation with Omima and Arden, Cathy and Rona share their reflections on our recent trip to Geneva as Children's Parliament staff members.  In February 2023, we were delighted to support MCPs Arden and Omima to join Team Scotland on a visit the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, in Geneva to share what key issues they’d like the Scot...

In February 2023, we were delighted to support MCPs Arden and Omima to join Team Scotland on a visit the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, in Geneva to share what key issues they’d like the Scottish Government to address. Today, in honour of the second anniversary of the UNCRC Scotland Bill, we invited them to share their experiences of their trip and what they’d like all adults...

"But, won't my discipline be undermined if I take a children's rights-based approach? What happens to my authority?" Jill and Linnea from our Dignity in School programme join us today to help us myth bust some common questions we hear about the impact a children's right-based approach can have, and what it can look and feel like, to leave you feeling more confident in your own style. For more info...

In conversation with Gerry Flanagan of Shifting Sands Theatre, and our own Katie Logie, we explore the lifelong benefits and impact of Article 31 of the UNCRC (The right to play, rest and leisure).  Gerry's recommendations for further reading/interest: - Shifting Sands Theatre (https://shiftingsandstheatre.co.uk/) - Impro by Keith Johnstone (https://bit.ly/3HfVR6U) - Joseph Chiltern Pearce (h...

In this episode we discuss our current partnership with Scottish AI Alliance and The Alan Turing Institute on our "Exploring Artificial Intelligence and Children’s Rights" programme. To find out more about this work, you can check out our launch blog here: https://t.co/iZxMw2FKv9 and follow #ChildrenShapingAI.

Cathy McCulloch, Co-Director at Children’s Parliament and Claire Lightowler, former Director of Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ), discuss how the CYCJ have moved over the past seven years from working from a strategic approach, to working from a children’s rights-based approach and the learning they have developed through this.   NB: This was filmed in Spring 2021, d...

In our first episode of "In Conversation With..." we are really excited to be joined by Lyn Stevens and Susan Gardner of the Museum of Childhood in Edinburgh to discuss their thoughts about what children have been reading for the past 100+ years, and how children saw themselves in those books, or what they thought about them.  When you've listened to this conversation, we'd love to hear your...

This conversation brings together Bruce Adamson (Children and Young People’s Commissioner for Scotland) and Denisha Killoh (National Childhood Bereavement Coordinator), to discuss the ways in which we can offer a children’s rights-based approach to supporting a child through bereavement – and the impact offering this approach can have.

Elaine Allan, a Schools Nurse Lead and Lecturer with Robert Gordon University, worked with us in Aberdeen as a Children's Rights Champion. In conversation with Rona Blackwood, Head of Programmes, Elaine shares her experiences as an Unfeartie and how she has carried a children's rights-based approach through her roles since our work together.

In this episode, we focus on how we make children’s rights real through the lens of empathy, and we are delighted to be joined by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh of the University of Edinburgh to discuss this further.

In this episode, we focus on how we make children’s rights real through the lens of trust, and we are delighted to be joined by Suzanne Zeedyk to discuss this further.

In this episode, we focus on how we make children’s rights real through the lens of happiness, and we are delighted to be joined by Professor Neil Thin of the University of Edinburgh  to discuss this further.

In this episode, we focus on how we make children’s rights real through the lens of kindness, and we are delighted to be joined by Ben Thurman of Carnegie UK to discuss this further.

In this episode, we focus on how we make children’s rights real through the lens of love, and we are delighted to be joined by Dr Adam Burley of NHS Lothian to discuss this further.