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How good is our third sector participation in Children’s Services Planning? Learning report on 2024-25 intensive locality support (April 2025)

This report aims to provide insight into the use of the ‘How good is our third sector participation in Children’s Services Planning?’ self-evaluation toolkit across 2024-25. In that period, Children in Scotland, through the Supporting the Third Sector Project (STTS Project) worked directly with three Children’s Services Planning Partnerships to consider the role of the third sector in local children’s services planning.

Creating a Healthier Scotland for Everyone Workshop – Report (October 2024)

This report captures workshop findings which contributed to the development of the NCD Alliance Scotland’s 10-year strategy. The workshop helped to ensure that the voices of children and young people have been heard and considered on key health and social issues that have a significant impact on their lives.

Inclusion Ambassadors – Primary School Pilot Report (June 2024)

Between 27 February and 27 March 2024 we delivered a pilot to trial running an Inclusion Ambassadors group in a primary school setting. The aim was to help increase the diversity of children and young people sharing their experiences about additional support for learning.

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Suicide Prevention Scotland Youth Advisory Group – Information Sheet (2024)

Information sheet for prospective members detailing the Suicide Prevention Youth Advisory Group, a network set up to make sure young people’s views are heard directly by decision-makers and able to influence government policy.

Self-evaluation tool: How good is our third sector participation in Children’s Services Planning?

This Supporting the Third Sector self-evaluation tool forms part of a developing suite of resources aimed at supporting partners across Scotland to work collectively to improve outcomes for children, young people and families, and has been informed by feedback from a pilot phase.

Access All Arts – Year 2 Report (December 2023)

In the second year of the Access All Arts Fund, Children in Scotland decided to broaden its remit, recognising the wide range of barriers to accessing the arts that young people experience. This report examines the activity and successes during the second year of the Fund.

Inclusion Ambassadors – Classroom resources (August 2023)

We have collated our Inclusion Ambassadors resources into this Back to School resource pack to help support practitioners in creating a truly inclusive learning environment.

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Inclusion Ambassadors – If I were head teacher for a day (August 2023)

Learn how language, exams and assessments, and treating pupils with respect can make all the difference when creating inclusive learning environments.

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Inclusion Ambassadors – Supporting effective transitions (August 2023)

The Inclusion Ambassadors discussed transitions from school across a number of meetings from early 2022 through February 2023. The group have met with a representative from the Scottish Government who is working on the Transitions Strategy to share their views directly and help create a vision statement for the Strategy.

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Inclusion Ambassadors – Support Planning (October 2023)

This paper describes the key issues for children and young people in relation to support planning. It demonstrates the impact on children and young people when this works well, but also the impact when it goes wrong. It also provides an indication of what children and young people want throughout each step of this process.

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Time to Talk Next Steps – Summary Report (June 2023)

The summary report of the Time to Talk Next Steps Scotland project, which was a 12-month pilot programme trialing online support for young people aged 16-25 with additional needs in Scotland: hearing their voice, building confidence, and supporting transitions. The evaluation captured additional learning which informed a number of recommendations.

Getting It Right for Every Child: Refreshed policy statement summary (April 2023)

This document provides a high-level summary of the GIRFEC policy statement, including details of key changes. It is designed to serve as a tool for practitioners to better understand the basic principles and objectives of GIRFEC, and why it is important for improving the lives of children, young people, and families across Scotland.

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