News

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

Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week 2021: A Round-Up
We have taken the opportunity of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week to spotlight some of the fantastic resources Children’s Parliament have developed to support…
Read more
Welcome to the Year of Childhood
Children’s Parliament shares the Scottish Government’s vision of a Scotland where children are recognised as citizens in their own right, where their human rights …
Read more
Engaging children around the notion of recovery across the school system
A rights-based approach to school recovery.
Read more
Winning Hearts and Minds in the Year of Childhood
Year of Childhood 2021. As well as being Children’s Parliament’s official 25th birthday, it is also the year that The Scottish Parliament is expected to incorporat…
Read more
Returning to School after Lockdown
P6/7 teacher Jennifer Kirkwood blogs for Children’s Parliament on the first term back at school – with a strong focus on wellbeing, which is central to the schools…
Read more
Corona Times Journal: Edition 6
Emerging from lockdown and back to school After a summer break, our journalists return to reflect on life now and their return to school. Our journalists are Members o…
Read more
Corona Times Journal: Edition 5
Finding out how children get news and information about the pandemic – and checking in on learning and health. This journal explores how children get news and in…
Read more
Corona Times Journal: Edition 4
Easing lockdown and thinking about recovery Coronavirus has meant that we have all had to make changes to our lives very quickly. Children and their families have had …
Read more
Corona Times Journal: Edition 3
Journal 3 is all about learning in lockdown and the return to school. Our journalists are twelve Members of Children’s Parliament (MCPs), aged between 8 and 14 years…
Read more
Corona Times Journal: Edition 2
The themes that our journalists have explored for Journal 2 include health and wellbeing, in particular talking about sleep, food, being active and feelings and emotio…
Read more
Corona Times Journal: Edition 1
Edition 1 of the Members of Children’s Parliament’s Corona Times Journal. Helping adults to understand the impact that the coronavirus is having on children’s lives….
Read more
Children and Young People meet with the Scottish Cabinet 2020
Making children’s human rights real: #CabinetTakeover 2020 Children and young people will meet with the Scottish Cabinet this week. With support from the Members…
Read more