A great opportunity for young people to to have a role in shaping the future of their data and research!👇👇👇

🚨 Calling all UK-based young people (13-17)! 🎓 Want to help shape how tech & AI are used in schools? Join the 5Rights EdTech Youth Advisory Board and be part of an exciting project on children’s rights in education. 📝 Apply by 15 August: https://loom.ly/MCdyw_I #EdTech

NEW: In this blog post, Kirsty Doull, CELCIS’s Care and Transitions Lead, discusses the need to look beyond the data relating to care leavers, to establish if Continuing Care and Aftercare support is working for Scotland’s young people: buff.ly/XyWKcqM

How do young people want their data to be used? 🔍 We ran a pilot workshop with @youngscot.bsky.social, which explored social licence through games & future-thinking.

We've released our latest report: Digital Ecosystem Analysis of e-health services for a selection of service providers in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, in collaboration with UNICEF. Read the report: www.dataforchildrencollaborative.com/outputs/repo... 1/3🧵

As part of our collaborative project in partnership with The Promise Scotland, we want to hear from data protection specialists and frontline workers from across Scotland about data protection toolkits and training for engaging with care experienced children and young people. More details below 👇👇👇

New Blog: Discover why a well-framed challenge question is crucial for successful collaboration: www.dataforchildrencollaborative.com/news/why-a-w...

What role do hobbies play in your child’s life? In Finland & Iceland, national policy supports children & young people to have free access to hobbies @parentingscotland.bsky.social want to know if parents & carers in Scotland think this could work here! #Hobbies forms.office.com/e/NzC7BS9yTB

🚨 11 million #children in #Europe experience #mentalhealth issues! With our new report ‘How children feel’ we give voice to their perspectives & recommendations. They provide insights into the challenges they face & changes they believe are necessary👉 buff.ly/CtfiP8q

Cold homes and children’s health: How smart data could protect our most vulnerable - @joecuddeford.bsky.social meets @livvyswann.bsky.social to discuss the Homes, Heat and Healthy Kids Study, funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social and hosted by @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. Read more: bit.ly/3HdF8ng

Are you working to #KeepThePromise? Check out The Promise Scotland's events coming up in May and beyond. Learn more here: ow.ly/UulA50VSxiY

📣Our member @youthscotland.org.uk recruiting for "Senior Development Worker (Young Islanders Network)" #JobSearchTogether #CharityJobs 🗓️Closing Date: Thursday 29th May 2025 📍Home-based View here: www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...

We’re proud to have supported and advised MSc student, Kyra Fong, in developing her report, "Digital Data at School". 📢 1/2

📢 New Blog Alert: How to Form a Collaborative Team At Data for Children Collaborative, collaboration isn’t just a buzzword — it’s the foundation of everything we do 🧮 1/3 #Collaboration #DataForGood #Teamwork #DataProjects #DataCollaboration #DataCollaboratives

🚨Swipe wrong 🚨 👩‍👧‍👧Single parents who use dating sites are at risk of being targeted by child sex abusers. 👨‍💻New research shows child abusers are more likely to use dating sites. 🛡️Dating sites can and must improve safeguarding bit.ly/3GaUZSU #AbuseIsPreventable

Announcing our Workbook for Designing Responsible Youth Participation, supporting The Data Tank's #NextGenData initiative. 📢This guide helps organisations ethically engage youth in data projects. Discover more: edin.ac/424tZgF

📣Our member @officialsyp.bsky.social recruiting for "Policy and Public Affairs Officer" #JobSearchTogether #CharityJobs 🗓️Closing Date: Friday 25th April 2025 📍Hybrid working from home and in office View here: www.togetherscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...

To help bridge the gap between news coverage of child deepfake abuse and its actual scale, Encode has created a digital tool designed to track and visualize reported cases across the US. It also allows victims to anonymously report new cases. www.techpolicy.press/digital-expl...

Worried AI might change the way you work? 💼 Living with AI is a free course that unpacks where AI is showing up in the workplace, what it means for your job, and how to stay one step ahead. Learn more in our free course – www.livingwithai.me

Understanding the intersection of technology & citizen participation is more than an academic pursuit for Iñaki, it’s a lived experience. His journey into this field was shaped by hands-on involvement in large-scale participatory processes in Chile. Read about Iñaki’s PhD journey ▶️ edin.ac/4cemGGn

New guide alert! 💡 We know data collaborations can drive real change—but let’s be honest, getting them off the ground isn’t always easy. That’s why the Data for Children Collaborative just released the Data Collaborations How-to-Guide 📖

Our Deputy Director, Fraser Macdonald, shares insights on training a collaborative mindset, because when we work better together, we create greater impact for children. 🔗 Read here: www.linkedin.com/posts/iamfra...

Lovely to see Dr Sian Henley continuing to engage children and young people in #ClimateAction 🌍 at the National Museum Scotland's "Sewing Hope: Quilts for Climate Change". nms.ac.uk/our-impact/c...

Our Deputy Director, Alex Hutchison, shares her thoughts on what innovation looks like & how we can drive impact through collaboration. 🔗 Read here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-d... What does innovation mean to you?👇 #Innovation #DataForGood

Our 2024 Annual Report is out ✨ 🧮 Building a Lasting Impact through Tools, Methods, and a Legacy of Change🧮 The variety of our activities tells a story of how versatile and transferable our approaches, tools, and methods are. www.dataforchildrencollaborative.com/news/annual-...

On #InternationalEducationDay 🌍📚, we’re celebrating the power of education to transform lives. We're proud to support efforts to close the attainment gap in Scotland, as seen in our Northern Alliance case study. We’re continuing to collaborate to create brighter futures for every child. 🌟👩‍🏫👨‍🎓

Our Deputy Director, Fraser Macdonald, shared reflections from the Jameel Observatory Community of Practice meeting in Nairobi, in a new blog post! 🌍 Hosted at @ilri.org, the event brought together a global network of partners united in tackling complex global challenges. 1/3🧵

We’re excited to announce the release of scalable travel time maps for the entire continent of Africa! 🚗📍This innovation was developed in collaboration with the School of Geosciences @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social & @unicef.org.🌍 1/3🧵

Our team challenged existing data and filled gaps with lived experiences through youth participation, uncovering new insights in our project with The Observatory for Sport in Scotland. 🏅🚴🏀🏑 1/2🧵

When @unicef.org needed to understand how climate uniquely impacts children, we helped shape the project, from framing the question to decision-making. Climate change poses a major risk to vulnerable children worldwide, but data can empower better local responses.🌍 1/2🧵

We partnered with the End Violence Lab to review data on violence against children, unlocking a new perspective to the challenges faced 🔓. By involving young people in the research process, we ensured the data was interpreted through the lens of those it serves. 1/2🧵

In partnership with Northern Alliance, we explored and helped define how poverty impacts educational attainment. By framing the conversation and mapping logical project steps, we supported a deeper understanding of the issue.🤔 1/2🧵

We helped @unicef.org shine additional light on the reasons why children cannot access basic services in areas experiencing poverty. By uniting experts and academics, we challenged each other to create a better solution: a more comprehensive and accessible data mapping model 🗺️ 1/2🧵