The individual professional person who engages with children day-to-day is a key ally in the delivery of the experience of rights for children; whether at school, within service provision, or in the community. As the rights of the child enshrined in the UNCRC become law, Members of Children’s Parliament investigated how professionals make rights real.
Go to Children’s Parliament Investigates – How Professionals make rights real for a bank of inspirational resources and prompts created by Members of Children’s Parliament.
Using our established approach called Investigation, 12 Members of Children’s Parliament met with professional people to talk about childhood and children’s human rights, and to explore what professionals can do to make rights real. The topic was investigated on behalf of children all over Scotland. The participating Members of Children’s Parliament, in East Lothian and Clackmannanshire, were aged between 9 and 11. Meeting with adults who do all kinds of jobs involving children, the Members of Children’s Parliament had conversations with them about how children’s rights can be upheld and enacted in the workplace. Employing their findings, the children co-created a range of resources to support professionals to embed children’s rights into their practice.
To mark the completion of the project, the children proudly presented their creations at local launch events during April 2022.
Play the Rightsburgh game online to help you explore how adults’ interactions with children have an impact on their human dignity. The scenarios of the game were developed by Members of Children’s Parliament based on their personal experience and peer research.
Supported by Young Start and Big Lottery Community Fund
