SCCYP Releases Archive for March 2006
Call for asylum children advisers
31st Mar 2006
The children's commissioner has called for the introduction of independent advisers to help children seeking asylum in Scotland without a parent.
Read More...Kids snub cigs for cannabis and coke
30th Mar 2006
Teenagers are more likely to smoke cannabis than cigarettes, it was claimed yesterday.
And nearly twice as many youths are using cocaine than...
Read More...Unmarried couples to win adoption rights
29th Mar 2006
Gay couples will be able to foster children for the first time and unmarried couples, including same-sex couples, will be able to adopt in Scotland....
Read More...Internet used to push fast food to children, say campaigners
27th Mar 2006
Health campaigners have warned that fast food giants are increasingly turning to the internet to circumvent moves designed to curb advertising...
Read More...Jamie 'must back squirrel-eating'
27th Mar 2006
TV chef Jamie Oliver should encourage schoolchildren to eat grey squirrels in an effort to save the endangered red species, a Conservative peer says.
Read More...Executive drives overhaul of asylum system
27th Mar 2006
The treatment of immigrants in Scotland is to be radically overhauled after pressure from the Scottish Executive.
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Read More...Exams cut by third as stress on pupils soars
26th Mar 2006
The true level of pressure facing children was laid bare last night as Britain's most senior exams official admitted pupils faced a huge and...
Read More...Grandparents?’ grants to care for children at risk
24th Mar 2006
Grandparents are being encouraged to take a bigger role in care of grandchildren at risk of neglect, in the face of a growing problem of drug-addicted...
Read More...Advertising in schools ?‘should be resisted?’
21st Mar 2006
Schools should resist advertising products in classrooms, gyms and dining halls which encourage children to eat unhealthy food, according to...
Read More...Pupils win concession in fight for immigrant children
20th Mar 2006
The efforts of the "Glasgow Girls", the group of secondary school pupils who have been battling the government over the treatment of immigrant...
Read More...Pitch battle against crime won't work, study reveals
19th Mar 2006
CHILDREN who play sport are more likely to break the law than less active youngsters, according to remarkable new research by Scots scientists.
Read More...Stand up, children, and keep moving in new slimline schools
15th Mar 2006
THE school of the future will have no chairs and no desks assigned to pupils, who will instead be able to walk about between "lean and move bays",...
Read More...Cyber bullies haunt young online
14th Mar 2006
Bullies are increasingly using the internet to terrorise teenagers outside of school, a survey suggests.
Read More...Television is a better drug for the nation's children than the internet
12th Mar 2006
HOORAY for the moral majority. Thanks to them, Dick and Dom, purveyors of trash Saturday morning television for children, have finally left "da...
Read More...Children?’s tsar: youngsters at risk from ?‘blame culture?’
12th Mar 2006
SCOTLANDS childrens commissioner has warned of the risk of youngsters becoming pariahs of modern society, with people too afraid to work...
Read More...Children as young as eight caught with knives
9th Mar 2006
ALARMING new figures have revealed children as young as eight have been caught roaming Scotland's streets bearing knives and other offensive weapons.
Read More...Firefighters set to receive youth work training
8th Mar 2006
Scottish firefighters are receiving youth work training as part of Scotland's first youth development plan for fire and rescue services.
Read More...Child concern over drugs problem
7th Mar 2006
Scotland's children's commissioner has warned of an imbalance between protecting children whose parents are drug addicts and taking them into care.
Read More...Children's pocket money is £800 a year
6th Mar 2006
Children have a combined income of £7.2bn, raking in on average more than £800 a year in pocket money, bonuses for doing well at school, tooth-fairy...
Read More...Schools show bigger ethnic mix
1st Mar 2006
SCOTLAND'S schools are more ethnically diverse than ever before, according to new figures.
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