For the last two year, Members of Children’s Parliament participating in the Child Human Rights Defenders project have been working to ensure your voices are heard by the top decision-makers in Scotland.
Through taking part in Children’s Parliament, the children have:
Completed lots of research exploring information from children’s organisations across Scotland. This provided understanding for issues affecting you and what you said needed to change.
We ran a survey for Members of Children’s Parliament from across Scotland to rank issues in order of what they felt was most important to make changes on now.
The top three issues you identified were:
Worked with you to discover more evidence, by running missions with their classmates in school, Members of Children’s Parliament learnt more about the key issues and why they are important to children in Scotland.
Met with decision-makers to make sure that the people in charge of leading change in Scotland hear directly from children. The Members of Children’s Parliament met with First Minister, John Swinney, and his Cabinet. They also met with the Executive Team, the Scottish Government officials who work to make changes from the Cabinet happen!
The Child Human Rights Defenders have spoken to lots of decision-makers across Scottish Government to try and make sure these issues are made better for children in Scotland.
Change can’t happen without people speaking up about it, and the Child Human Rights Defenders are proud to stand up for children in Scotland and make sure their voices are heard where it counts.
If you have any questions about the calls to action, or the Child Human Rights Defenders, please contact Katie at Children’s Parliament: katie@childrensparliament.org.uk