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On 30 November, the First Minister announced a Winter support fund for families and children in the name of ‘equality and rights’. What was not to like about the promised ‘£100 million package to help communities at risk’? Funding to Read More …
The Covid-19 pandemic meant that independent candidates, including home educated young people, were not only denied access to the 2020 exams they had been working towards, but were also excluded from the alternative arrangements made for their schooled counterparts in Read More …
The Herald has covered the scandal of the ‘Tinker Experiment’ in Scotland, whereby Gypsy Travellers were subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment by the authorities in an attempt to assimilate them into ‘mainstream’ society. For anyone who has been following Read More …
A home educating parent has launched a petition on Change.org following a disappointing response from the Children’s Commissioner to her children’s pleas for support in upholding their Article 16 rights under the UNCRC. Investigate GIRFEC breaches of UNCRC Article 16, Read More …
In the wake of revelations that “home educated”, “disability” and “privately fostered” are listed as risk factors by the Metropolitan Police Service in its operational policy known as CRAM (Child Risk Assessment Matrix), alongside “co-sleeping”, “substance abuse”, “sexualised behaviour” and various other Read More …
