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Maybe we could make trees Unfearties as well – look at what they for do our children!?
One of the 3 asks from the Cabinet Takeover 2021 was ‘Trees for All’. As one of my last tasks before retiring from Forestry, it was exciting to deal with such a we…
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“Play Scotland is an Unfeartie”
  Play Scotland is the lead organisation for the development and promotion of children and young people’s play in Scotland. We work to make the child’s right …
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“Children Are The World’s Play Experts”
Licketyspit is a children’s theatre company which specialises in participative drama-led play for 3-8 year olds and their families. Their children’s rights-based a…
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Unfeart dads
Fathers Network Scotland demonstrates Unfeartieness through fostering strong relationships based on equality and mutual respect.
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F is for Flourish
“Oh dear me, the world is ill divided, them that work the hardest are aye the least provided!” Clare MacGillivray shares her childhood story for #YearofChildhood
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UNCRC Incorporation Bill: Tuesday March 16th 2021
“To reform the world, means to reform our methods of bringing up children” – Janusz Korczak
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Internet Safety Day 2021
“Using screens can be good and bad. After using screens and games a lot you can get annoyed and aggressive. That’s happened to me before, I was on my tablet 24/7 a…
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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…
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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 …
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Engaging children around the notion of recovery across the school system
A rights-based approach to school recovery.
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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…
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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…
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