Together - Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights

18/06/2026

📣 Our member Scottish Youth Parliament launched their first episode of the Young Rights Champions Podcast!


In this episode, Emma Henderson MSYP sits down with our member Magic Breakfast UK to explore the role free breakfast clubs can play in supporting young people's rights, wellbeing and ability to learn.

Access to food has a direct impact on a young person's experience of education, health and opportunity. This conversation looks at why breakfast provision matters and how it can help create a fairer future for young people across Scotland.

Listen now on Spotify and join the conversation: https://open.spotify.com/show/033nYL4IkrotG9ACnZZglv?si=o4B0tFlsQSO97HZP2nolBQ&nd=1&dlsi=f00dd2fe3a444ae7

Podcast · Scottish youth Parliament · With the world undergoing significant change, young people are ready to be part of the conversation. Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs) created the Young Rights Champions’ Podcast to give young people a platform to speak up and raise awareness ...

17/06/2026

📣Enthusiastic, creative, & dynamic, love working with children & want to support children to make a difference in what matters to them, then Children's Parliament have the job for you recruiting for a Project Officer for Child Power Team ➡️ https://www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/member-job-vacancies/

16/06/2026

📣We agree with Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland

🚫Banning children won’t make the online world safer - holding platforms to account will

Children’s rights must be at the heart of these decisions

Read more in our consultation response: https://www.togetherscotland.org.uk/resources-and-networks/togethers-publications/

The Children's Commissioner reacts to a proposed social media ban for under-16s, and says it will not make them safer online.

16/06/2026

Are you ready to take your children’s rights practice further?

Join our In-depth training session to deepen your understanding of the five principles of a Children’s Human Rights Approach, with dedicated time to explore each one in detail and apply it to your work.

You’ll learn how to:
🔸Use tools like Child Rights Impact Assessments and child rights budgeting
🔸 Support babies, children and young people to have equal access to their rights
🔸 Share information in ways that are clear, accessible and age-appropriate
🔸 Deliver high quality, child friendly participation
🔸 Act on feedback and ensure children can challenge decisions that affect them

📅 August 25th 9.30am to 4.30pm

➡️ https://www.togetherscotland.org.uk/training-and-consultancy/

15/06/2026

📣The response has been incredible so far…100+ people have already registered to join our webinar in just one week!

Join us on Thursday 16th July 2:00pm-3:00pm to mark the 2-year anniversary of the UNCRC Act in Scotland.

Together is hosting a special webinar to reflect on the journey to incorporation, consider the progress made so far and explore what needs to happen next to advance children's rights in Scotland.

We'll hear from key voices in Scotland's incorporation journey, alongside international speakers bringing a wider global perspective which we will be announcing on the lead up to the webinar.

Sign up and stay tuned for more details!

Sign up link: https://bit.ly/UNCRCActWebinar

12/06/2026

Scotland’s Human Rights Festival 2026 takes place 9–13 December across Scotland.

The first national festival of its kind, hosted by Human Rights Consortium Scotland, will bring together organisations, communities and campaigners to explore rights, dignity and justice

More info: https://www.hrcscotland.org/scotlands-human-rights-festival/

Scotland’s Human Rights Festival 2026 will be the first national, multi-day festival dedicated to celebrating, explaining and strengthening support for human rights across the country. Taking place from Wednesday 9 to Sunday 13 December 2026, the festival will be delivered Scotland-wide, with a mi...

11/06/2026

🎉It's

We are sharing our member Play Scotland membership spotlight.

It’s 3rd annual day since its inception in 2024 & highlights power of play, & impact that it has on children & young people’s health & wellbeing.

read more here ➡️

Membership Spotlight highlights the work of our member organisations and outlines how other individuals and organisations can support them. Together is shining a light on Play Scotland to spread aw…

10/06/2026

📣 Our member Children's Parliament are recruiting for an enthusiastic, creative, and dynamic Project Officer who loves working with children and is committed to the realisation of children’s human rights.

The Project Officer will be engaged in the development, delivery and reporting on a range of projects. Initially the focus of the role will be their Child Power project, which is building child activism to drive systemic changes to children’s involvement in decision making and parliamentary processes on child poverty.

Passionate about children, an excellent communicator and highly organised, the post holder will contribute to their work to support the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and deliver human rights for children.

Find out further information here ➡️ https://www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/member-job-vacancies/

10/06/2026

📣 Our member Young Scot is looking for an ambitious and experienced Director of Marketing and Information to lead their national information, content, digital marketing, communications and platform strategy at a pivotal moment of transformation.

This is a unique opportunity to shape how Scotland’s national youth information and citizenship charity reaches, informs and engages young people aged 11–26 in an increasingly fast-moving digital world. Central to the role will be their charitable mission, and the values that underpin everything Young Scot does. Working alongside the CEO and Senior Leadership Team, you’ll lead the strategic development of Young Scot’s information services, marketing activity, communications and branding, digital platforms and audience engagement approach, ensuring they remain relevant, trusted and innovative in how they serve young people across Scotland.

➡️ https://www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/member-job-vacancies/

09/06/2026

📣 Save the date!

📅 Join us on Thursday 16th July 2:00pm-3:00pm to mark the 2-year anniversary of the UNCRC Act in Scotland

Together is hosting a special webinar to reflect on the journey to incorporation, consider the progress made so far and explore what needs to happen next to advance children's rights in Scotland.

We'll hear from key voices in Scotland's incorporation journey, alongside international speakers bringing a wider global perspective which we will be announcing on the lead up to the webinar.

‼️ Sign up and stay tuned for more details!

Sign up link: https://bit.ly/UNCRCActWebinar