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Supporting the Third Sector – How good is our third sector participation in Children’s Services Planning? Self-evaluation Tool: Additional Resources (November 2025)

This is a supplementary resource that can be used to support with the use of the ‘How Good is Our Third Sector Participation in Children’s Services Planning?’ Self-evaluation Tool. The document contains two step-by-step guides and links to a full suite of additional resources and templates.

Supporting the Third Sector – How good is our third sector participation in Children’s Services Planning? Self-evaluation Tool: Self-evaluation template

This document contains the Self Evaluation Template which should be used in conjunction with the Self-evaluation Tool: How Good is our Third Sector Participation in Children’s Service Planning?

Supporting the Third Sector – How good is our third sector participation in Children’s Services Planning? Self-evaluation Tool: Proposal planning

This Proposal Template contains key information about the ‘How Good is our Third Sector Participation in Children’s Services Planning?’ Self-evaluation Tool including some background, and the purpose and use of the tool. This can be used to support conversations with partners in the potential use of the tool.

Supporting the Third Sector – How good is our third sector participation in Children’s Services Planning? Self-evaluation Tool: Engagement planning template

A template to assist with the long-term planning of using the ‘How Good is our Third Sector Participation in Children’s Services Planning?’ Self-evaluation Tool and potential engagement. This should be created at the beginning of the planning process by the core group.

Supporting the Third Sector – How good is our third sector participation in Children’s Services Planning? Self-evaluation Tool: Briefing Paper – Template

This Briefing Paper Template contains key information about the ‘How Good is our Third Sector Participation in Children’s Services Planning?’ Self-evaluation Tool and provides an example in how to share information with stakeholders along with guidance and relevant links to inform future participants.

#KeepThePromise Learning Programme: What pupil support staff said (July 2025)

The Independent Care Review established that teachers and school staff must be supported to be aware of the issues facing care experienced pupils, to allow them to offer the right support. Children in Scotland’s Promise Partnership Project aimed to raise awareness of these issues, recognising the limitation in support and learning opportunities for pupil support staff across Scotland.

Young people, data and research project: Information sheet (July 2025)

We’re teaming up with a group of researchers who want to hear your thoughts and help shape future data research.

Access All Arts – Year 3 Report (May 2025)

In its third year, the Access All Arts Fund continued to support children and young people across Scotland to access arts funding and develop their creative interests. The fund received 148 submissions from children and young people between the ages of 11 and 25. In this report, Children in Scotland heard from young people who had themselves experienced barriers in accessing the arts and creative opportunities.

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.

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