SCCYP Releases Archive for November 2007
Safety rules 'harming' youngsters
26th Nov 2007
Some young people are being "harmed" by excessive safety restrictions placed on them, Scotland's children's commissioner has claimed.
Read More...Excessive safety rules stopping activities in care
26th Nov 2007
Children and young people in care are unable to fully enjoy outdoor activities due to unecessary safety restrictions. ...
Read More...Under-sevens 'too young to learn to read'
22nd Nov 2007
Children should not start formal learning until they are seven, according to a world expert in nursery education who will suggest today that...
Read More...Call to stop children being locked up in adult prisons
22nd Nov 2007
Scotland's chief inspector of prisons yesterday called for an end to laws that allow children to be locked up in adult jails.
Read More...Under-18s in cigarette sale sting
21st Nov 2007
An operation by Trading Standards officers in Edinburgh has revealed that children were able to buy cigarettes in almost half of the shops tested.
Read More...Children consulted on gun crime
21st Nov 2007
Young people across Merseyside are being asked for their views on gun and knife crime in one of the largest ever consultations on the issue.
Read More...Happy Birthday UN Convention on Rights of the Child!
20th Nov 2007
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) turns 18 years old on 20th November 2007, and to mark this coming of age, SCCYP...
Read More...United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child- Robert Brown MSP
20th Nov 2007
*S3M-879 Robert Brown: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child?—That the Parliament notes the 18th birthday of the United Nations...
Read More...18 Years - UN Convention on the Rights of the Child- Aileen Campbell MSP
20th Nov 2007
S3M-861# Aileen Campbell: 18 Years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?—That the Parliament notes the "coming of age" of the UN Convention...
Read More...UK public areas 'actively antisocial to children'
14th Nov 2007
Young people should be able to ring a hotline to report adults who are threatening their right to play outside, according to a report today warning...
Read More...Response to Kerelaw Inquiry Announcement
1st Nov 2007
Kathleen Marshall, Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People said:
I welcome the announcement that there is to be an independent...
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