Upcoming training sessions:
Tue 17 June 2025, 10am – 12.30pm
Tue 19 August, 2025 1pm – 3.30pm
Location: Online with Microsoft Teams
£55 for Together NGO members | £85 for non-members
Join Together to develop you understanding of how to implement the five principles of a Children’s Human Rights Approach in your work and organisation. The UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 brought important children’s rights protections into law in Scotland, and taking a Children’s Human Rights Approach is crucial to ensure that children’s rights are implemented in practice.
The workshop aims to equip attendees with:
- An understanding of the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024
- How they can consider children’s rights in their work
- Knowledge of the five principles of a Children’s Human Rights Approach
- Ideas for how to implement the five principles in their working practice
- Resources for further study
You do not need any prior children’s rights knowledge to attend this course. All attendees will receive a participants pack to get familiar with materials in advance of the session.
About the trainers
Sarah McDermott is Together’s Development Manager. She has extensive experience in children’s human rights, working with members on what children’s rights look like in practice. Prior to working at Together, she has worked for both the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland Office and the Jersey Children’s Commissioner’s Office, and holds a Masters in Human Rights Law.
Mary Campbell is Together’s UNCRC Implementation Officer, with extensive experience working in the public sector. At Together she worked on the Children’s Rights Skills and Knowledge Framework and Training Plan, which developed the children’s human rights approach that will be the focus of the training session.
