Children in Scotland Magazine

The biannual publication for Children in Scotland Members
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Children in Scotland Magazine (titled Insight until Autumn/Winter 2025) is our flagship membership publication, providing a space for inspiration, reflection, discussion and sharing of knowledge.

Through a combination of quality features, interviews and comments, the Magazine:

  • Celebrates changemakers across the children’s sector
  • Promotes best practice
  • Analyses policy
  • Brings together diverse perspectives on how to improve children and young people’s lives.
  • The publication, also available to non-members via digital subscription, is an invaluable tool for the children’s sector workforce, supporting critical thinking and continued professional development.

Not a member?

Digital subscriptions are available for £10 per year (2 issues). To register to start a digital subscription, contact Angus Doyle: adoyle@childreninscotland.org.uk.

Latest: Autumn/Winter 2026

Our first themed edition, Issue 10 delves into the digital world and the delicate balance our sector must strike: helping children and young people to make the most of opportunities, while also protecting them from the risks.

Across in-depth interviews, features and analysis, we hear how children and young people, and the adults that support them, are finding their footing in their offline and online lives, covering issues including phone-free learning, online bullying, digital wellbeing and the reading for pleasure crisis. 

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Past Issues
Take a look at some of our previous issues, which become free to access two years after publication.
  • Insight Magazine – Issue 7 (Spring 2025)
  • Insight Magazine – Issue 6 (Autumn 2024)
  • Insight Magazine – Issue 5 (Winter 2023-24)
  • Insight Magazine – Issue 4 (Summer 2023)
  • Insight Magazine – Issue 3 (Winter 2022-23)
  • Insight Magazine – Issue 2 (Summer 2022)
  • Insight Magazine – Issue 1 (Winter 2021-22)