Useful Links
Here are some other useful links related to Youth Rights
Children First
Children First
Children First is Scotland’s national children’s charity. They stand up for every child because all children should have a safe childhood. They protect children from harm, keep them safe, and support them to recover from trauma and abuse through their national support line and in their homes, schools and communities
UNCRC (Scottish Government)
UNCRC (Scottish Government)
Our vision is a Scotland where children’s rights are part of everyday life. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the most widely ratified human rights treaty worldwide. Among the rights included in the UNCRC are the rights to education, health, play, fair treatment, protection from exploitation and the right to be heard.
Citizens Advice Bureau
Citizens Advice Bureau
Information on general rights for children and young people including employment, travel, family, housing and the law.
PASS (Proof of Age standards scheme)
PASS (Proof of Age standards scheme)
The UK’s national proof of age accreditation scheme, endorsed by the Home Office, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) the Security Industry Authority (SIA).
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Young Scot National Entitlement Card
The Young Scot National Entitlement Card (Young Scot NEC) is free of charge to 11 to 26-year-olds living in Scotland. You can use your Young Scot NEC for:
- free bus travel for under 22s
- discounted train & free and discounted ferry travel
- 1,000s of discounts at retailers and venues across Scotland
- Proof of Age
- Young Scot Rewards
- 1000s of discounts across Europe with the European Youth Card Association (EYCA)
- Proving your identity to open a bank account
- Voting in a UK General Election
- Young Scot app
- School lunches
Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland
The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland is Nicola Killean. She works with her team to protect the human rights of children and young people. She works to make sure the laws that affect your lives are fair. She challenges people in power to keep human rights promises they’ve made to you that make sure you have all you need to grow up in an environment of happiness, love and understanding.
The Commissioner helps you understand how valuable and important your rights are.
That understanding means you can demand change when your rights – or the rights of others – are not being respected.
The Commissioner makes sure adults in Scotland know more about your rights so that they see where they need to make changes.
She puts you at the heart of her work, and will listen and learn from you.
The Commissioner’s role and powers are set out in the law of Scotland.
