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

Reflections: A New Project Begins
Ranim joined Children’s Parliament as a Project Worker at the end of February. Here she writes about her experiences beginning work on our Food, Health and Fairness …
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ScotAISummit: “You should just ask us!”
This past weekend, myself, Gregory, Sandra, Frances, Kate and Cathy had the wonderful pleasure of supporting our 13 Investigator MCPs to attend the Scottish AI Summit …
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Making Rights Real in Geneva
Following their recent trip to Geneva, Jess interviews Cathy and Rona on their experiences as the adults supporting our MCPs to share evidence with the …
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“Children are the future of Scotland. If they don’t take care of us, then how are we expected to take care of Scotland?”​
Katie Logie interviews Arden and Omima, MCPs, to hear their reflections on our recent trip to Geneva with #TeamScotlandUN. You can listen to their podcast episode he…
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‘Haste ye back!’
At the beginning of March, project worker Katie Logie, along with Co-Director Cathy McCulloch and Programme Manager Kate Cuddihy, visited the Western Isles. In this bl…
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“…this time 6 years ago, where were you?”  
📍 Dublin Five Nations Conference  This year’s Dublin Five Nations Conference holds the usual excitement of meeting with exceptional professionals from across…
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Hearing the Voices of Families Across Scotland
Alyssa Faulkner, our UNCRC Skills and Knowledge Project Worker shares an update on what we’ve learned from our Children and Families Panel thus far… At Chi…
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Dignity in School, Dignity in Digital Rights
💡𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘏𝘶𝘣 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 2023 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩! 𝘐𝘯…
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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 …
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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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Parliament debate an opportunity to put UNCRC Bill back on the agenda while #TeamScotlandUN defend children’s rights in Geneva
The following article has been compiled by Together Scotland, on behalf of #TeamScotlandUN   “All rights are important, all rights should be law.” – Member …
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Reflecting Scotland’s Diverse, Vibrant Communities
Writing on location in Shetland, Cathy McCulloch, Co-Director of Children’s Parliament, reflects on the importance of reflecting Scotland’s diverse, vibra…
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