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Bold voices breaking new ground: Our Spring issue of Insight is out now

...people across Scotland.” Providing a space to share knowledge and best practice, print and digital editions of Insight are published twice a year, with all Children in Scotland members receiving a free copy. Click here to find out more...


Attending our annual conference: a young person’s guide

...interactive panel Learn more about the people that will be speaking at the event by visiting our digital speakers’ area Complete the delegate registration form so that we can prepare for all your needs Our digital conference programme will be...


Invitation to Tender: Website Design

... Invitation to Tender: Website Design 04 March 2025 Children in Scotland is inviting digital agencies to tender for its website design project. Tender requirements and a brief for this project can be found here: Invitation to...


Artwork by young Scottish artists to be showcased in Scotland’s National gallery

...online gallery, then come along to the exhibition and see creations featured proudly on digital screens at the National gallery. The exhibition will also include physical installations created by community and school groups who have been...


Keeping the Promise in 2025

...project being developed by our Enquire service. It will launch in June, providing a free-to-access digital toolkit focusing on care experienced children and young people’s education rights. To follow progress on Navigate, sign up to Enquire’s...


From screens to success – boosting children's executive function skills in the digital age

... From screens to success – boosting children's executive function skills in the digital age 25 Sep 2024 Emerging research has shown that both the pandemic and our increasingly digital age, filled with screens and virtual connection, are...


Supporting digital engagement and keeping young people connected online

... Supporting digital engagement and keeping young people connected online 3 Mar 2021 Claudia Baldacchino from social innovation charity People Know How – a contributor to our upcoming Learning Week – discusses how the organisation has...


Young citizens: Why learning about freedom of expression and digital rights should start at school

... Young people can use their digital rights to hold those in power to account. In a time of crisis, that matters even more 13 May 2020 Children increasingly share their creative work, writing and beliefs online. While the internet offers...


Insight: Rising to the challenge of delivering the digital edition of our magazine

... Insight: Rising to the challenge of delivering our magazine as a digital edition 28 April 2020 In this week’s blog, Jennifer Drummond, Editor of Children in Scotland magazine, shares how the national lockdown has led to creative solutions...


Making rights real: new digital accessibility resource launches

... Making rights real: new digital accessibility resource launches 20 November 2019 We’ve launched a new resource allowing visitors to our website to customise content so that they can access it in ways that work best for them. The move...

accessibility Disability discrimination equality UNCRC

25 Calls response: Dialogue is key to a healthy digital life – for children and parents

... Dialogue is key to a healthy digital life – for children and parents 8 May 2019 Responding to Call 10 of our 25 Calls campaign, National Parent Forum of Scotland Chair Joanna Murphy says that if schools can create a strong, shared set of...


Exploring UNCRC through a queer lens

...on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) has just been enshrined in Scot’s law. Here, Alan Massie, digital Youth Work Officer at LGBT Youth Scotland, shares details of a recent project to help young people understand the rights afforded to them...


Making Sense of Scotland – a creative approach to engaging young people with their heritage

...the Historic Environment Scotland YouTube Learn playlist (click here for more). Free access to digital archives, including scran.ac.uk (click here for more), which contains almost half a million captioned records, images, film clips and sounds...


Holyrood Committee calls on the Scottish Government to prioritise three-year-funding cycles for the third sector

Girls’ rights are human rights

...publication for Children in Scotland members. To read the full interview, you'll need a digital subscription, which costs just £10 per year and provides access to two issues. For more information, contact Alice...


"Children and young people are amazing at helping us face challenges – they are so insightful"

...bi-annual publication for Children in Scotland members. To read the full interview, you'll need a digital subscription, which costs just £10 per year and provides access to two issues. For more information, contact Alice...


Children in Scotland welcomes submissions for its 2025 conference

...everything from supporting distressed behaviour in school, a day in the life of a young carer and digital health and wellbeing, to understanding animal abuse by children and young people and how to intervene.   Previously the team have leaned...


Challenges and opportunities: Insight Issue 6 celebrates the hard work and determination of Scotland’s third sector

...edition – I know I did.” Providing a space to share knowledge and best practice, print and digital editions of Insight are published twice a year, with all Children in Scotland members receiving a free copy. Click here to find out more...


Children’s Hearings Scotland: A day in the life of a Panel Member

...ready and then find a comfy spot in the house where I can get the most peace with my tablet. digital papers are ideal as they ensure we don't have bundles of papers sent out. This helps me to disconnect from the hearings system when I'm...


#NoWrongPath: Children in Scotland staff share advice on SQA results day

...didn’t want to tell anyone what I was doing. “However, I happened to meet someone with a digital startup, and although I didn’t know anything about this area, she gave me a shot. I kept shaking the cocktails while also getting to know...


The road to safer journeys for children and young people

...passengers and drivers – need to be embedded from the start. When it came to creating new digital resources, RSS knew children's voices would be vital, and asked the Participation Team at Children in Scotland (click here for more) to help...


Sustainability at #CiSAC24: Making the environment more than a conference buzzword

...their ways of working were quite new to me. The comms team invested a lot of time crafting great digital-only publications, like the Learning Guide (click here for more), for example, and my first reaction was – why don’t we print these and...


Scottish Government announce mental health funding following youth-led report

...for five to 24 year-olds and their families, which includes mentoring, art-based therapies, digital services, whole-family support, counselling and sport or physical activities. For more information on Scottish Youth Parliament’s youth-led...


Embedding the principles of The Promise

...the principles of The Promise As part of Holyrood Insight’s Keeping The Promise: Next Steps digital Conference, which was held last week, Children in Scotland’s Head of Policy, Projects and Participation, David Mackay, was invited to talk...


Supporting women, fighting for change: Glasgow Women's Aid marks 50 years

...bi-annual publication for Children in Scotland members. To read the full interview, you'll need a digital subscription, which costs just £10 per year and provides access to two issues. For more information, contact Alice...


Advocating for the rights of children – and using their voices to make change

...bi-annual publication for Children in Scotland members. To read the full interview, you'll need a digital subscription, which costs just £10 per year and provides access to two issues. For more information, contact Alice...


“In a small country where people are well connected, adaptable and aspirational, great changes are possible”

...bi-annual publication for Children in Scotland members. To read the full interview, you'll need a digital subscription, which costs just £10 per year and provides access to two issues. For more information, contact Alice...


Making cyber security fun for children

...for cyber resilience skills to be developed in the early years Children are growing up in a digital world. According to a recent report by Ofcom, 97% of children in the UK have access to the internet with 86% of 5-7-year-olds using tablet...


Insight magazine Issue 3 now available for non-members

...of our member magazine, Insight, one year after publication, allowing non-members to read the digital edition for free.  The third issue of Insight, originally published in November 2022, is packed with profiles, interviews and features,...


Enter The Why Not? Trust’s digital showcase

... Magazine / Last chance to enter The Why Not? Trust’s digital showcase Posted 18.10.23 by Alice Hinds art care experienced people care system digital The Why Not? Trust is seeking artwork from parents with...

art care experienced people care system digital

Funding available for essential digital devices

... Magazine / Funding available for digital devices to support learning programmes across Scotland Posted 21.08.23 by Alice Hinds community digital funding Support Community-based organisations can apply for a...

community digital funding Support

Encouraging students towards digital tech

... Magazine / News: Pupils encouraged to learn digital technologies with new funding Posted 8 February, 2023 by Nina Joynson digital funding schools Scottish...

digital funding schools Scottish Government skills technology

Carbon footprint is focus of new digital art installation

...Village Footprint, Shilpi Kumari Magazine / News: Carbon footprint is focus of new digital art installation Posted 3 November, 2021 by Nina Joynson Arts climate climate change environment A...

Arts climate climate change environment

NTS launch digital education portal

... Magazine / News: National Theatre of Scotland launches new digital education portal Posted 27 Aug 2021 by Jennifer Drummond Arts Education The new educational channel will include resources to support...

Arts Education

Call 10: It's time to agree a common set of values in the digital world

... Call 10: It's time to agree a common set of values in the digital world By Jess McBeath Technology moves apace. ‘Going online’ no longer involves the once-familiar beeps and screeches as the modem connects you to the world wide...


Insight – Issue 7

...benefit, with copies included as part of full membership with Children in Scotland. To access your digital copy, please email membership@childreninscotland.org.uk Alternatively, you can join our member LinkedIn group to see the latest issue. Not a...


A vision for a fully inclusive Scotland

...pupils who are receiving Additional Support for Learning. That’s why we’re also developing a digital training programme, so we can reach out to schools, out-of-school care providers, and sports and leisure providers to help everyone deliver...


20/08/25 Redefining masculinity

... Learning Training & Events Redefining Strength: cultivating healthy masculinity in the digital age Wednesday, 20 August 2025 10:30am - 12pm | Online/Zoom Increase your confidence in promoting healthy masculinity, creating...


AC25 - Exhibitors

...Facebook | X | Phone: 0141 404 0231 ALISS (A Local Information System for Scotland) is a national digital programme enabling people, including families and professionals supporting them, to find and share information on resources, services,...


AC25 - workshops

...event. Session 4D Alloway Suite Session 4E – Bearsden Suite (upstairs) Evolving digital landscapes: supporting children and young people Tri.x This workshop will discuss the digital landscape as a whole, including the future of...


AC25 - Programme

...in Scotland Alloway Suite Read more here. Bearsden Suite (upstairs) Workshop E: Evolving digital landscapes: supporting children and young people Workshop E: Tri.x Evolving digital landscapes: supporting children and young...


Insight – Issue 6

...a members’ benefit, with copies included as part of full membership with Children in Scotland. A digital edition can also be accessed via the Member area (log in required). Not a member? Click here for more information about...


2024 Child Development Series

...generation ago. Emerging research shows that the effects of the pandemic, and of the increasingly digital world we live in is affecting children’s development, communication and behaviour. This webinar series brings together three experts who...


Training & Events

...Strength: 20 Aug 2025 | cultivating healthy masculinity in the digital age Learn more & buy tickets Learning Pathways Explore Open University and Children in Scotland's free learning...


AC24 - Resources

...| A day in the life of a young carer from Carers Trust Scotland Workshop slides 3a | Kooth.com - digital mental health and wellbeing support in Scotland from Kooth Workshop slides Kooth report Mini workshop brochure 3b | Towards a more diverse...


AC24 - Exhibition Hall

...Hall ALISS (A Local Information System for Scotland) is a national digital programme enabling people, including families and professionals supporting them, to find and share information on resources, services,...


Workshops AC24

...check in and learning activity. Day Two - Session Three 10:25 am 3a Kooth.com - digital mental health and wellbeing support in Scotland Kooth Room: President's Suite / Plenary Our workshop will take you through a young person’s...


AC24 - Speaker Bios

...in the Public Policy Programme at The Alan Turing Institute, a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the digital Environment Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London and an Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia. At...


Programme AC24 - Day Two

...Open Workshop Session Three | 11am Five workshops to choose from: Kooth.com - digital mental health and wellbeing support in Scotland from Kooth | description Towards a more diverse Scotland: elevating young voices...


Launch of Children's Pocket Garden Design competition

...received almost 200 entries to the competition, and 42 finalists saw their designs included in the digital showcase. Educators considering taking part in this year’s competition are invited to come along to a Meet the Mentors twilight session on...

design Education environment schools

Computing Science gets a boost in Scottish schools

...schools Posted 9 February 2022, by Nina Joynson Curriculum for Excellence digital Education funding Scottish Government technology Computing Science in schools will benefit from government...

Curriculum for Excellence digital Education funding Scottish Government technology


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Bold voices breaking new ground: Our Spring issue of Insight is out now

...people across Scotland.” Providing a space to share knowledge and best practice, print and digital editions of Insight are published twice a year, with all Children in Scotland members receiving a free copy. Click here to find out more...


Attending our annual conference: a young person’s guide

...interactive panel Learn more about the people that will be speaking at the event by visiting our digital speakers’ area Complete the delegate registration form so that we can prepare for all your needs Our digital conference programme will be...


Invitation to Tender: Website Design

... Invitation to Tender: Website Design 04 March 2025 Children in Scotland is inviting digital agencies to tender for its website design project. Tender requirements and a brief for this project can be found here: Invitation to...


Artwork by young Scottish artists to be showcased in Scotland’s National gallery

...online gallery, then come along to the exhibition and see creations featured proudly on digital screens at the National gallery. The exhibition will also include physical installations created by community and school groups who have been...


Keeping the Promise in 2025

...project being developed by our Enquire service. It will launch in June, providing a free-to-access digital toolkit focusing on care experienced children and young people’s education rights. To follow progress on Navigate, sign up to Enquire’s...


From screens to success – boosting children's executive function skills in the digital age

... From screens to success – boosting children's executive function skills in the digital age 25 Sep 2024 Emerging research has shown that both the pandemic and our increasingly digital age, filled with screens and virtual connection, are...


Supporting digital engagement and keeping young people connected online

... Supporting digital engagement and keeping young people connected online 3 Mar 2021 Claudia Baldacchino from social innovation charity People Know How – a contributor to our upcoming Learning Week – discusses how the organisation has...


Young citizens: Why learning about freedom of expression and digital rights should start at school

... Young people can use their digital rights to hold those in power to account. In a time of crisis, that matters even more 13 May 2020 Children increasingly share their creative work, writing and beliefs online. While the internet offers...


Insight: Rising to the challenge of delivering the digital edition of our magazine

... Insight: Rising to the challenge of delivering our magazine as a digital edition 28 April 2020 In this week’s blog, Jennifer Drummond, Editor of Children in Scotland magazine, shares how the national lockdown has led to creative solutions...


Making rights real: new digital accessibility resource launches

... Making rights real: new digital accessibility resource launches 20 November 2019 We’ve launched a new resource allowing visitors to our website to customise content so that they can access it in ways that work best for them. The move...

accessibility Disability discrimination equality UNCRC

25 Calls response: Dialogue is key to a healthy digital life – for children and parents

... Dialogue is key to a healthy digital life – for children and parents 8 May 2019 Responding to Call 10 of our 25 Calls campaign, National Parent Forum of Scotland Chair Joanna Murphy says that if schools can create a strong, shared set of...


Exploring UNCRC through a queer lens

...on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) has just been enshrined in Scot’s law. Here, Alan Massie, digital Youth Work Officer at LGBT Youth Scotland, shares details of a recent project to help young people understand the rights afforded to them...


Making Sense of Scotland – a creative approach to engaging young people with their heritage

...the Historic Environment Scotland YouTube Learn playlist (click here for more). Free access to digital archives, including scran.ac.uk (click here for more), which contains almost half a million captioned records, images, film clips and sounds...


Holyrood Committee calls on the Scottish Government to prioritise three-year-funding cycles for the third sector

Girls’ rights are human rights

...publication for Children in Scotland members. To read the full interview, you'll need a digital subscription, which costs just £10 per year and provides access to two issues. For more information, contact Alice...


"Children and young people are amazing at helping us face challenges – they are so insightful"

...bi-annual publication for Children in Scotland members. To read the full interview, you'll need a digital subscription, which costs just £10 per year and provides access to two issues. For more information, contact Alice...


Children in Scotland welcomes submissions for its 2025 conference

...everything from supporting distressed behaviour in school, a day in the life of a young carer and digital health and wellbeing, to understanding animal abuse by children and young people and how to intervene.   Previously the team have leaned...


Challenges and opportunities: Insight Issue 6 celebrates the hard work and determination of Scotland’s third sector

...edition – I know I did.” Providing a space to share knowledge and best practice, print and digital editions of Insight are published twice a year, with all Children in Scotland members receiving a free copy. Click here to find out more...


Children’s Hearings Scotland: A day in the life of a Panel Member

...ready and then find a comfy spot in the house where I can get the most peace with my tablet. digital papers are ideal as they ensure we don't have bundles of papers sent out. This helps me to disconnect from the hearings system when I'm...


#NoWrongPath: Children in Scotland staff share advice on SQA results day

...didn’t want to tell anyone what I was doing. “However, I happened to meet someone with a digital startup, and although I didn’t know anything about this area, she gave me a shot. I kept shaking the cocktails while also getting to know...


The road to safer journeys for children and young people

...passengers and drivers – need to be embedded from the start. When it came to creating new digital resources, RSS knew children's voices would be vital, and asked the Participation Team at Children in Scotland (click here for more) to help...


Sustainability at #CiSAC24: Making the environment more than a conference buzzword

...their ways of working were quite new to me. The comms team invested a lot of time crafting great digital-only publications, like the Learning Guide (click here for more), for example, and my first reaction was – why don’t we print these and...


Scottish Government announce mental health funding following youth-led report

...for five to 24 year-olds and their families, which includes mentoring, art-based therapies, digital services, whole-family support, counselling and sport or physical activities. For more information on Scottish Youth Parliament’s youth-led...


Embedding the principles of The Promise

...the principles of The Promise As part of Holyrood Insight’s Keeping The Promise: Next Steps digital Conference, which was held last week, Children in Scotland’s Head of Policy, Projects and Participation, David Mackay, was invited to talk...


Supporting women, fighting for change: Glasgow Women's Aid marks 50 years

...bi-annual publication for Children in Scotland members. To read the full interview, you'll need a digital subscription, which costs just £10 per year and provides access to two issues. For more information, contact Alice...


Advocating for the rights of children – and using their voices to make change

...bi-annual publication for Children in Scotland members. To read the full interview, you'll need a digital subscription, which costs just £10 per year and provides access to two issues. For more information, contact Alice...


“In a small country where people are well connected, adaptable and aspirational, great changes are possible”

...bi-annual publication for Children in Scotland members. To read the full interview, you'll need a digital subscription, which costs just £10 per year and provides access to two issues. For more information, contact Alice...


Making cyber security fun for children

...for cyber resilience skills to be developed in the early years Children are growing up in a digital world. According to a recent report by Ofcom, 97% of children in the UK have access to the internet with 86% of 5-7-year-olds using tablet...


Insight magazine Issue 3 now available for non-members

...of our member magazine, Insight, one year after publication, allowing non-members to read the digital edition for free.  The third issue of Insight, originally published in November 2022, is packed with profiles, interviews and features,...



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20/08/25 Redefining masculinity

... Learning Training & Events Redefining Strength: cultivating healthy masculinity in the digital age Wednesday, 20 August 2025 10:30am - 12pm | Online/Zoom Increase your confidence in promoting healthy masculinity, creating...


AC25 - Exhibitors

...Facebook | X | Phone: 0141 404 0231 ALISS (A Local Information System for Scotland) is a national digital programme enabling people, including families and professionals supporting them, to find and share information on resources, services,...


AC25 - workshops

...event. Session 4D Alloway Suite Session 4E – Bearsden Suite (upstairs) Evolving digital landscapes: supporting children and young people Tri.x This workshop will discuss the digital landscape as a whole, including the future of...


AC25 - Programme

...in Scotland Alloway Suite Read more here. Bearsden Suite (upstairs) Workshop E: Evolving digital landscapes: supporting children and young people Workshop E: Tri.x Evolving digital landscapes: supporting children and young...


2024 Child Development Series

...generation ago. Emerging research shows that the effects of the pandemic, and of the increasingly digital world we live in is affecting children’s development, communication and behaviour. This webinar series brings together three experts who...


Training & Events

...Strength: 20 Aug 2025 | cultivating healthy masculinity in the digital age Learn more & buy tickets Learning Pathways Explore Open University and Children in Scotland's free learning...


AC24 - Resources

...| A day in the life of a young carer from Carers Trust Scotland Workshop slides 3a | Kooth.com - digital mental health and wellbeing support in Scotland from Kooth Workshop slides Kooth report Mini workshop brochure 3b | Towards a more diverse...


AC24 - Exhibition Hall

...Hall ALISS (A Local Information System for Scotland) is a national digital programme enabling people, including families and professionals supporting them, to find and share information on resources, services,...


Workshops AC24

...check in and learning activity. Day Two - Session Three 10:25 am 3a Kooth.com - digital mental health and wellbeing support in Scotland Kooth Room: President's Suite / Plenary Our workshop will take you through a young person’s...


AC24 - Speaker Bios

...in the Public Policy Programme at The Alan Turing Institute, a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the digital Environment Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London and an Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia. At...


Programme AC24 - Day Two

...Open Workshop Session Three | 11am Five workshops to choose from: Kooth.com - digital mental health and wellbeing support in Scotland from Kooth | description Towards a more diverse Scotland: elevating young voices...



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Enter The Why Not? Trust’s digital showcase
post

... Magazine / Last chance to enter The Why Not? Trust’s digital showcase Posted 18.10.23 by Alice Hinds art care experienced people care system digital The Why Not? Trust is seeking artwork from parents with...

art care experienced people care system digital

Funding available for essential digital devices
post

... Magazine / Funding available for digital devices to support learning programmes across Scotland Posted 21.08.23 by Alice Hinds community digital funding Support Community-based organisations can apply for a...

community digital funding Support

Encouraging students towards digital tech
post

... Magazine / News: Pupils encouraged to learn digital technologies with new funding Posted 8 February, 2023 by Nina Joynson digital funding schools Scottish...

digital funding schools Scottish Government skills technology

Carbon footprint is focus of new digital art installation
post

...Village Footprint, Shilpi Kumari Magazine / News: Carbon footprint is focus of new digital art installation Posted 3 November, 2021 by Nina Joynson Arts climate climate change environment A...

Arts climate climate change environment

NTS launch digital education portal
post

... Magazine / News: National Theatre of Scotland launches new digital education portal Posted 27 Aug 2021 by Jennifer Drummond Arts Education The new educational channel will include resources to support...

Arts Education

Call 10: It's time to agree a common set of values in the digital world
post

... Call 10: It's time to agree a common set of values in the digital world By Jess McBeath Technology moves apace. ‘Going online’ no longer involves the once-familiar beeps and screeches as the modem connects you to the world wide...


Insight – Issue 7
post

...benefit, with copies included as part of full membership with Children in Scotland. To access your digital copy, please email membership@childreninscotland.org.uk Alternatively, you can join our member LinkedIn group to see the latest issue. Not a...


A vision for a fully inclusive Scotland
post

...pupils who are receiving Additional Support for Learning. That’s why we’re also developing a digital training programme, so we can reach out to schools, out-of-school care providers, and sports and leisure providers to help everyone deliver...


Insight – Issue 6
post

...a members’ benefit, with copies included as part of full membership with Children in Scotland. A digital edition can also be accessed via the Member area (log in required). Not a member? Click here for more information about...


Launch of Children's Pocket Garden Design competition
post

...received almost 200 entries to the competition, and 42 finalists saw their designs included in the digital showcase. Educators considering taking part in this year’s competition are invited to come along to a Meet the Mentors twilight session on...

design Education environment schools

Computing Science gets a boost in Scottish schools
post

...schools Posted 9 February 2022, by Nina Joynson Curriculum for Excellence digital Education funding Scottish Government technology Computing Science in schools will benefit from government...

Curriculum for Excellence digital Education funding Scottish Government technology