The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is now incorporated into Scots law and the new Act takes effect from 16th July 2024. This means that all public authorities in Scotland must now act compatibly with the UNCRC requirements or face legal remedy. What do Scottish public bodies – and those acting on their behalf such as third sector organisations – need to know and do in order to stay within the law and to more proactively promote wider cultural change in children's rights?

This conference will take place online. 

Scotland's voluntary sector and the staff and volunteers working within it deliver vitally important services in every Scottish community. However, crisis in funding, capacity and its future are some of the few certainties the sector can currently anticipate. How should charitable organisations, staff and the sector as a whole now be thinking, planning and reacting amid widespread crisis and challenge? How do you navigate a way forward – and what does coherent purpose and success look like – in this context?

This conference will take place online.

The 2016 Programme for Government pledged to substantially eliminate the poverty and attainment gap within a decade.  A tough enough challenge to achieve.  Since then, COVID has impacted massively on education, childhood development, the economy, incomes, benefits and curriculum delivery.  So where do we now stand in attempting to eradicate by 2026 what may be the biggest driver of long term inequality in Scotland?

This conference will take place online.