"Children and young people have told us they are aware of alcohol brands and marketing in their daily lives..." 🗣️ Amy from @alcoholfocus.bsky.social explains why Scotland must protect young people’s rights by restricting alcohol marketing 👇 childreninscotland.org.uk/news-article...

🗞️Sector news New research commissioned by Parenting Across Scotland highlights the key challenges facing parents and carers in Scotland — including poverty, health & wellbeing, childcare & early years, and access to hobbies. @parentingscotland.bsky.social Read more: bit.ly/4v6Umhe

Sector leaders recently met with the Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, Siobhian Brown MSP, to discuss the action needed to support children and young people. Our Chief Executive reflects on the key priorities discussed and why being ‘wilfully optimistic’ matters: bit.ly/4awYvDI

📣NEW BLOG ON GLOW Recognising #earlylearning and #childcare staff are often some of the first professionals to identify additional support needs, our latest blog highlights the ELC information on Enquire. Read more: blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/en... #glowblogs #earlyyears #nursery #ASL

We've joined with Scotland’s leading children’s charities & anti-poverty organisations in calling for the Scottish Parliament to establish a dedicated joint committee focused on ending child poverty. Bold action is needed to ensure child poverty targets are met: www.aberlour.org.uk/news-item/le...

📣 VACANCY: ASSISTANT COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER In this post you'll provide support across a range of outputs incl. website, social media and events and provide admin support to the team. Interested? Find out more: childreninscotland.org.uk/ACOJune26/ Closing date: Tues 14 July (9am). #recruitment

While we welcome the UK Gov taking action to safeguard children online, we don't support a blanket ban of social media for under-16s. We feel that this is a very blunt tool that will not immediately make all children & young people safer. Read our response: childreninscotland.org.uk/news-article...

We're delighted to announce that Inverclyde Council has become the first local authority in Scotland to endorse the Forces Children's Rights Charter, following a unanimous decision at its full council meeting yesterday. forceschildrenscotland.org.uk/news/first-s...

Have you met Maisie? One of our trained advisors, Maisie is part of the team answering your calls, emails and webchats and has extensive experience in rights-based work. Read more: childreninscotland.org.uk/news-article... #childrensrights #helpline @childreninscotland.bsky.social

We're here representing at #ASLTech2026 🙌 @enquirereachasl.bsky.social

The My Rights, My Say Young Advisors are a collective of tenacious and passionate young people who help shape how rights are understood and respected in Scotland. They've released two new resources for practitioners supporting children and young people with additional support needs. Link below 👇

Want to know more about the My Rights, My Say (MRMS) Service? Our new video series explains what it is and how it works. Visit: www.youtube.com/user/Enquire... MRMS is a partnership between Enquire, @childreninscotland.bsky.social, Partners in Advocacy & Cairn Legal.

We are so proud of our Inclusion Ambassadors. Take a look at the impact they've made over the past few years 👇 childreninscotland.org.uk/news-article...

If you need advice about data protection, @childreninscotland.bsky.social Children in Scotland
are holding a 'Getting Data Protection Right When Handling Children & Young People’s Information' online workshop on Thu 20 Aug 2026

On our website, in our Learning Zone for Parents and Carers, we have share thoughts on and techniques that may be of use to parents and carers concerned about the time their young person spends looking at screens. www.scottishconflictresolution.org.uk/parents-and-...

If you want to ensure your participation work with children and young people is rights-based and inclusive, Children in Scotland @childreninscotland.bsky.social are holding an Inclusive Participation and Engagement with Children and Young People online workshop on Wed 24 June 2026

We've responded to the UK Government's consultation on a social media ban for under-16s. 👉 childreninscotland.org.uk/news-article...

Privilege to co chair Day 2 of Children In Scotland with Liam from the changing our world group. Great to connect with so many people, keynotes were outstanding and truly uplifting. 🙌 #GIRFEC #RIGHTS #ThePromise @childreninscotland.bsky.social @aberlourcharity.bsky.social

My absolute pleasure to attend today’s conference as my first ministerial event. Looking forward to working together 🙏

Huge thank you to the Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, Siobhian Brown MSP, for coming to our 2026 Annual Conference during the first week of her new role 🙏 @siobhian.bsky.social #CiSAC26

Many thanks to everyone who attended our @childreninscotland.bsky.social conference event this morning. And massive thanks also to the young people of Inveralmond High School who presented the session. And thank you to CIS for a wonderful conference. Great weather as well, cheers!

Changing our World’s ‘Spin the wheel’ has been attracting some thought and discussion around important questions! #CiSAC26

Another great morning of workshops at #CiSAC26 @sightscotland.bsky.social and Odd Citizen showed us how comics were inherently collaborative, allowing young people with visual impairments to express their feelings by working with comic artists.

It's day two of the @childreninscotland.bsky.social Annual Conference! If you are attending today, do stop by the Children in Scotland stand to say hello, and tallk about all things additional support for learning. #asl #supportforlearning #supportinschool #CPD #teachers #education

We’re here! Great to be at @childreninscotland.bsky.social’s conference. Brilliant to learn too we should have a full house for our event at 11.40. We’re wearing our SCCR T-shirts, so if you see ya, say hi.

And we’re back for another day of #CiSAC26! Co-chairs Liam from Changing our World, and Lynne O’Brien, @aberlourcharity.bsky.social kick things off with a warm welcome

We’re off to day 2 of @childreninscotland.bsky.social’s conference where we’ll be presenting Emotions and the Brain: Teen Takeover Edition, starting 11.40am. We’ll be posting from the conference. Say hi if you see us!

Day 1 complete - inspiring stories, rousing calls to action and plenty of new connections made. Thanks to all who have been part of it, we can’t wait for day 2! #CiSAC26 #GIRFEC

Keeping cool at #CiSAC26 Huge thanks to our sponsors Kibble, Clearcare Solutions, and Road Safety Scotland! And special thanks to our prize donors Charlie Miller, Rainbow Room International and Dishoom. Your support means the world 🙌

Workshops are underway! One of the many inspiring sessions, from the Mental Health Foundation and Edinburgh Hospital Children’s charity #CiSAC26

Some of our team are attending the @childreninscotland.bsky.social Annual Conference in Glasgow today. If you're there, pop along to the Children in Scotland stall and ask for a member of the Enquire team to find out more about who we are, what we do and how we can help. #CISAC26

Our CEO @judeturbyne.bsky.social on being brave to have difficult conversations, staying focused, and saying no to new shiny things: “There should never be a them and us, there should always be an ‘us’ working for our children”

Find us at #CiSAC26 in Glasgow today! Our co-chairs Byron and John McKendrick are kicking things off 🎤

We're here. #CiSAC26 #GIRFEC 📍DoubleTree by Hilton, Glasgow

We are so back. Children in Scotland is back on Instagram ahead of #CiSAC26 😮‍💨 👉 www.instagram.com/childreninsc...

Going to @childreninscotland.bsky.social's Conference? Our event 'Emotions and the Brain: teen takeover edition' (Thu, 28 May, Day Two, 11:40am) focuses on our resource exploring practical strategies for managing conflict & co-presented by young people. childreninscotland.org.uk/conference/w...

Read about ITAKOM: an interactive workshop designed, planned and led by neurodivergent young people to bring awareness and understanding. One of the many brilliant workshops at Children in Scotland Annual Conference 2026. childreninscotland.org.uk/news-article...

"...𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 💬 childreninscotland.org.uk/news-article...

Going to @childreninscotland.bsky.social's Conference? Our event 'Emotions and the Brain: teen takeover edition' (Thu, 28 May, Day Two, 11:40am) focuses on our resource exploring practical strategies for managing conflict & co-presented by young people. childreninscotland.org.uk/conference/w...

NEWS We have responded to the consultation on the ASL Code of Practice. In the response, submitted by @childreninscotland.bsky.social, we make a series of recommendations to improve clarity, support delivery and ensure equity of access to information. Read: enquire.org.uk/.../asl-code....

In 2️⃣ weeks we will hear from the amazing Justina Murray from @aberlourcharity.bsky.social at #CiSAC26, who will be co-chairing Day 2️⃣!

Going to @childreninscotland.bsky.social's Conference? Our event 'Emotions and the Brain: teen takeover edition' (Thu, 28 May, Day Two, 11:40am) focuses on our resource exploring practical strategies for managing conflict & co-presented by young people. childreninscotland.org.uk/conference/w...

Congratulations to all our newly elected MSPs 🎉

A huge well done to young people who voted for the first time in the #ScottishElections ✅ Taking part in democracy is an important way of enacting change you wish to see. Your voice matters. We'll keep on doing all we can to support children and young people to be heard 🗣️ #Elections

Going to @childreninscotland.bsky.social's Conference? Our event 'Emotions and the Brain: teen takeover edition' (Thu, 28 May, Day Two, 11:40am) focuses on our resource exploring practical strategies for managing conflict & co-presented by young people. childreninscotland.org.uk/conference/w...

Meet Shaun 👋 Shaun is from the Youth Voice Network for Scotland and wants to explain how to use the different ballot papers in tomorrow's #ScottishElection 🗳️ #GetOutAndVote | @electoralcommission.org.uk www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hES...

More useful advice from the Youth Voice Network for Scotland for election day! #GetOutAndVote #ScottishElections

When can I actually vote? What should I bring? How many votes do I get? The Youth Voice Network's election FAQs provide helpful tips to make it all a bit less daunting! Read their blog now 👉 childreninscotland.org.uk/news-article... #GetOutAndVote #ScottishElections

Need more information about what political parties have said in their manifestos ahead of the big vote on Thursday? #GetOutAndVote #ScottishElections 👇