Scottish Women’s Aid sought to learn about different creative methods for participative work with children and young people experiencing domestic abuse.
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Learning to listen to children and young people experiencing domestic abuse in Scotland.
Report Theme: Services
Author: Scottish Women's Aid
Year Evidence Completed: 2017
Size of Study: 31-50
Age range: 0-4 5-6 7-10 11-14 15-17 18+
Location: Angus Edinburgh City Highland Perth and Kinross
Everyone Has a Story Overview Report
"...it starts with listening to their story."
Report Theme: Health & Wellbeing
Author: Partnership Drugs Initiative
Year Evidence Completed: 2016
Size of Study: 101-500
Age range: 0-4 5-6 7-10 11-14 15-17 18+
Location: Scotland-wide
When a child or young person has a parent in recovery from problematic drug or alcohol use, their stories are crucial to understanding, supporting and assisting them to thrive. ‘Everyone Has a Story’ shows us we need to listen more to these stories and how this can be done.
Everyone Has a Story Component 4
What the evidence tells us
Report Theme: Health & Wellbeing
Author: Partnership Drugs Initiative
Year Evidence Completed: 2016
Age range: 0-4 5-6 7-10 11-14 15-17
Location: Scotland-wide
This component, ‘What the evidence tells us’, provides a comprehensive
summary of the evidence, including formal literature, giving an overview of what we know are the potential protective and risk factors for children and young people. Its aim is to provide an understanding of the existing research and potential gaps that could help us have a better understanding of the support needs for children and young people whose parents are in recovery from drugs and alcohol.
The Third Sector Role in Early Learning and Childcare in Glasgow
Report Theme: Childcare & Early Years
Author: Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector
Year Evidence Completed: 2017
Age range: 0-4
Location: Glasgow City
In the White Paper, Scotland’s Future, produced before the 2014 referendum on Scottish Independence, the Scottish Government committed to rolling out “A transformational extension of childcare, giving our children the best start in life, making it easier for parents – especially mothers – to return to work and delivering new job opportunities.” This commitment included a “phased and sustainable” expansion of free childcare entitlement for three and four year-olds as well as vulnerable two year-olds.
School Should Be A Joyful Place
Learning and school life in Scotland A Children’s Parliament Report
Report Theme: Education & Learning
Author: Children's Parliament
Year Evidence Completed: 2017
Size of Study: 1001-5000
Location: Scotland-wide Eilean Siar
This is a report about children’s views of learning and school life in Scotland. It draws on children’s participation in Children’s Parliament programmes, projects and consultations from 2008 to 2016.
Promote. Protect. Defend.
A report on children and young people as human rights defenders in Scotland
Report Theme: Rights
Author: Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland
Year Evidence Completed: 2019
Age range: 0-4 5-6 7-10 11-14 15-17 18+
Location: Scotland-wide
This report was created with children human rights defenders in Scotland. The report outlines the action group’s recommendations for ways that the Scottish Government, Parliament and all public bodies can and should be supporting children and young people to defend human rights.
Not Included, Not Engaged, Not Involved
A report on the experiences of Autistic children missing school
Report Theme: Inclusion
Author: Children in Scotland The National Autistic Society Scotland Scottish autism
Year Evidence Completed: 2018
Size of Study: 1001-5000
Age range: 0-4 5-6 7-10 11-14 15-17 18+
Location: Scotland-wide
The report looks at understanding the amount of time some autistic pupils are missing from school and the reasons why this has happened, whether alternative arrangements for their education have been put in place, what support has been offered to return to school, and importantly, what the impact on the children and young people and theirfamilies has been.
Food, Families, Futures
Summary of Activities- '17
Report Theme: Food
Author: Elaine Kerridge
Year Evidence Completed: 2017
Size of Study: 5000+
Location: Glasgow City North Ayrshire Perth and Kinross West Dunbartonshire
The report provides background information on the Food, Families, Futures programme, a brief summary of activity in 2016, a more detailed review of what took place in 2017, reflections on the monitoring and evaluation of the clubs and key messages and recommendations from the project.