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Programme for Government 2019-2020

Sep 17, 2019 | Everyone's Children

Suzie Scott, Everyone’s Children Manager, GCVS The Scottish Government has announced its Programme for Government over the next year. This blog covers issues of interest to third sector organisations that work with children, young people and families. The programme...Read more...

Scottish Programme for Government – highlights

Sep 16, 2019 | About, Policy & legislation, Sector Information

Our Social Policy Coordinator, Lynn Williams, blogs on the recent Programme for Government. You’d be forgiven for thinking that in amongst the Brexit high drama of the last few weeks that government activity had all but ceased. The Scottish Government wanted to...Read more...

Consultation on the UNCRC

Aug 21, 2019 | Everyone's Children

Consultation on the UNCRC Laura Dover, The Everyone’s Children Project Development Officer, responded to the Scottish Government Consultation on Incorporating the UNCRC into Scots Law. ‘UNCRC’ stands for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This...Read more...

Glasgow’s first Local Child Poverty Action Report

Jul 18, 2019 | Everyone's Children, GCVS Blog, Health & social care, Uncategorized

Suzie Scott Everyone’s Children Project Manager Everyone’s Children have been involved over the past year in developing Glasgow’s Local Poverty Action Report (LCPAR). Suzie Scott, Everyone’s Children Manager describes the third sector contribution. The Child...Read more...

Kids can’t wait for new income supplement, civil society tells First Minister

Jun 24, 2019 | Uncategorized, Welfare reform policies

[Press Release, 24th June 2019] 70 leaders and organisations from across Scottish society have joined together to call on the First Minister to speed up the introduction of a new income supplement to tackle child poverty. [1] Poverty campaigners, faith leaders,...Read more...

Tackling loneliness – Third Sector Solutions

May 13, 2019 | GCVS Blog, Policy/Project

A recent event held by GCVS brought charities and community groups from Glasgow and a Government Minister together to talk about the many causes of loneliness and isolation. The event heard from Christina McKelvie MSP, Minister for Older People and Equalities who...Read more...

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