Young Carers

Young carers are children under 18 with caring responsibilities, and their rights to be assessed come mostly from the Children Act 1989 and the Children and Families Act 2014

About CoWL - Carers West Lothian (carers-westlothian.com)

Supporting Young Carers in Education

 Care Experienced

Anyone who has been or is currently in the care of from a looked after background at any stage of their life.

Home - whocaresscotland.org

 Young Offenders

A young offender is someone aged between the age of 10 and 17 who has committed a criminal offence.  Recent changes are lobbying to support extension of this age to 25.

Children and Young People Who Offend - West Lothian Public Protection Committee (publicprotectionwestlothian.org.uk)

The Trust Project | West Lothian College (west-lothian.ac.uk)

fe-bursary-faqs.pdf (west-lothian.ac.uk)

Exceptional Entrants

Young people who have not yet reached the age of 16, but who have left school and started a course at college from August to December

Schools and Education - West Lothian Council

Equality Act 2010 

Equality Act 2010: guidance - GOV.UK

 

The EHRC site (lesson 9) gave me ideas - Lesson plan ideas | Equality and Human Rights Commission (equalityhumanrights.com)

LGBTQ

LGBT Youth Scotland Resources | LGBT Youth Scotland | LGBT Youth Scotland and RespectMe Respect Me | Anti-bullying help, advice and resourcesrespectme

Resources | LGBT Youth Scotland

Download LGBT Youth Scotland's free resources for young people, schools and professionals.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Directory – BAMEed Network

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Directory

LGBTQ

LGBT Youth Scotland Resources | LGBT Youth Scotland | LGBT Youth Scotland and RespectMe Respect Me | Anti-bullying help, advice and resourcesrespectme

Resources | LGBT Youth Scotland

Download LGBT Youth Scotland's free resources for young people, schools and professionals.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Directory – BAMEed Network

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Directory

When a person is treated unfairly because of their age or because they're part of a particular age group.

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/scotland/family/children-and-young-people/expecting-a-baby/

https://www.tommys.org/sign-our-pregnancy-email

https://www.workingfamilies.org.uk/

https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/

https://www.mygov.scot/maternity-paternity-parental-leave/

https://www.maternityaction.org.uk/

https://www.stonewallscotland.org.uk/help-advice/parenting-rights-1

Useful sites 

Did you know that the term BAME is now not used to refer to minority people in the UK? BAME or BME was found to be unhelpful as this can disguise huge differences in outcomes between ethnic groups. Hence, since December 2021, with Guidance from Government, the term “minorities” is now the correct term.  While “ minorities” is generally perceived to mean “non-white” or anyone of a different colour, origin, or culture, it includes white minorities, such as Gypsy, Roma and Irish Traveller groups.

Writing about ethnicity

How we write about ethnicity, including our definition of ethnic minorities, words and phrases we use and avoid, and why we don’t use BAME or BME

A person has a disability if s/he has a physical or mental impairment (seen or unseen) which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. People are protected from direct, indirect or associated discrimination

Learning Disabilities | Autism | Down's Syndrome - ENABLE Group

Religion/Belief

Religion or belief should be taken to mean the full diversity of religious and belief affiliations within the UK, including nonreligious and philosophical beliefs such as atheism, agnosticism and humanism.

 Guide-to-Faith-Communities-in-Scotland-2014.pdf (interfaithscotland.org)

Scottish Trans Alliance

The National Gender Identity Clinical Network for Scotland (NGICNS)