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This is our space to share organisational updates, blogs, and ideas.

Are we ready to commit to the idea of a violence-free childhood?
On 14th June our outgoing Co-director Colin Morrison attended a roundtable hosted by the Education, Children, and Young People Committee of the Sco…
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What is a Children’s Human Rights Defenders School?
Child Rights Connect defines a Children’s Human Rights Defender (CHRD) as “children who take action to promote their human rights, the rights of their peers or the…
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Children’s Rights in the Digital Environment
To mark #InternetSafetyDay 2023, Frances Lingard shares their reflections on working with children’s rights in the digital environment through a series of short blog…
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Climate Changemakers and the UN 26th General Comment
Recently, we met up with our Climate Changemakers to input into the UN 26th General Comment on Children’s Environmental Rights, which is currently recieving chil…
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What can the new Learning For Sustainability Action Plan do to support Early Years engagement and children’s human rights? 
We wanted to share examples and experiences from the children and adults we engaged with. We are not Early Years experts but we can gather these views under a children…
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Why is Learning for Sustainability important to Early Years children? 
As the new Learning for Sustainability Action Plan is put together it is important to incorporate the views and experiences of children across all ages. The new curric…
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Working with boys and feeling exasperated
For all the talk of growing awareness of adverse childhood experiences, of the need for nurturing educational environments, or the realisation of rights and the voice …
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