The new fund now covers children from birth to 18 who are receiving inpatient care, and will cover costs for their parents, anyone with parental responsibility, and siblings under 18.
Help For Families With Children In Hospital
Calling All Knitting Knutters!
We are in need of Worry Monsters for children on our wards!!
Under 16s go free at HES sites this summer
Those under 16 years of age will get free access to ticketed sites managed by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) this summer.
Rhoda Grant MSP Concerned Over Online Safety of Children
The UK Government intends to repeal vital protections requiring age verification and the regulation of ‘extreme’ and violent content.
Sgathaich: Tokusatsu and me part 2
“But before the replacement of the Pink Ranger happened, the movie was at the cinema… and it wasn’t that great. “
Maree Todd MSP: Putting Women and Children at the Centre of Policy Making
“For me, women and children have been at the centre of so many of the developments of the past couple of weeks.”
“Home-start really have been my saving grace.”
Sunday 21st March marks Single Parents Day.
Thin Dolls Adding to Body Image Issues for Young Girls
“Ultra-thin dolls are part of a bigger picture of body pressures that young children experience, and awareness of these pressures is really important to help support and encourage positive body image in our children.”
Scotland’s Parliament Enshrines the UNC Rights of the Child into Law
Scotland’s Parliament has voted to enshrine the UNCRC into domestic law after MSPs passed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill, 16th of March 2021.
From 1995 – 2015 Over 10 Million Infants Born Within 50 km of Armed Conflict Have Died
New estimates reveal extent of the health burden of armed conflict–affecting at least 630 million women and children worldwide in 2017, and contributing to more than 10 million deaths among children under 5 years of age over 20 years.
