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

But… What is Unfeartiness?
In 2017, to celebrate their 21st Birthday, Children’s Parliament started their Unfearties Movement. It was an opportunity to bring together like-minded adults ac…
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Our Fruit Salad of Big Issues
On the first weekend of November, the Children’s Human Rights Defenders (CHRDs) had a residential weekend, with some children visiting for the day and some staying o…
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Talking About School Milk
We started our workshop exploring the The Universal School Milk Scheme by having breakfast together. It was so fun to catch up on the children’s news and relax into …
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The Journey So Far
At our Residential Weekend at the beginning of November, we had the utmost pleasure of bringing together the Children’s Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) who have be…
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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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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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Introducing… Milk and Uniform
Children’s Parliament are working with children at 3 primary schools to gather their views on two separate areas of Scottish Government policy development: The Unive…
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Learning for Sustainability Provision: What Can Adults Do?
To accompany our consultation with children on Learning for Sustainability provision across Scotland this year, we were invited to return to our partner settings to sp…
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A Girls’ Guide to Gender Inequality in Education 
Following the publication of our report on Gender Equality in Schools, we spoke with the Project Workers who led the investigation with our MCPs (Members of 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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“We’re kind of like the spokesperson of our generation.” – MCP, age 13, Glasgow 
In June of this year, four of our more experienced MCPs met with Alison Hardie to discuss current work with children and young people on national education policy. Ali…
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How do we embed Dignity in School?
As we all prepare for the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots Law, now is a fantastic time to reflect on how …
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