UK Commissioners’ resource pack

This resource pack was prepared in 2011 by the four UK Children's Commissioners for those working with children and young people.

Background

Every five years a report is delivered to the United Nations on the state of children’s rights in the United Kingdom. This resource pack provides information and step by step guidance to enable teachers, youth leaders and community workers to facilitate workshops on key issues on children’s rights including:

• What the United Nations is and how it affects children’s rights
• The work of your Children’s Commissioner
• Short workshops on:
  • The UN Reporting Process
  • Participation and Children’s Rights
  • Disability and Children’s Rights
  • Poverty and Children’s Rights
  • Youth Justice and Children’s Rights
  • Asylum and Children’s Rights
  • How to go about campaigning

The workshops in the resource pack can be used as an ongoing programme or individually. Facilitator’s notes are available through supporting information in the document. It is hoped that by using the resources both young people and facilitators will have a greater awareness of the children’s rights and some of the key issues affecting children and young people.

Downloadable PDF files

• The resource pack
• Midterm report
• Evidence behind the report

Find out more

If you have any questions on how to make best use of these resources, please call Cathy Begley on 0131 558 3733 or email .