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News
Keep up to date with our latest news stories and opinion pieces about the issues that matter to children and...
Scotland's first Bairns Hoose opens
Scotland’s first Bairns Hoose opens to offer children who experience abuse and violence all the support they need under one roof – thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery
Feel Good Fundraising
Ellie Wilson, Fundraising Products and Innovations Lead reflects on what inspires people to take on a challenge to keep children...
Selkirk action group celebrates more than 70 years of fundraising
The Selkirk Action Group members pictured at Children 1st Selkirk. From left to right: Liz Thomson, Cliff Ellershaw, Shenagh Ellershaw, Margaret Mills, Bill Dunbar, Gillian Inglis, Doris Kellet and Marion Oxnard
Sport can look different for everyone
David Black, Service Manager in the Children First Child Wellbeing and Protection in Sport Team, considers what can be done...
Bairns Hoose changes lives of 270 children and families
In total 169 children and 109 members of their family have received life-changing support from the charity Children First through...
First Minister's Programme for Government
Mary Glasgow, chief executive of Children First said: “We welcome the Scottish Government’s commitment to tackling child poverty, but we...
Death of 17-year-old Jonathan Beadle at Polmont YOI
Children 1st response to death of 17-year-old Jonathan Beadle at Polmont Young Offenders Institution Children 1st Chief Executive, Mary Glasgow,...
Family Group Decision Making international learning event
Pictured left to right: Linda Jardine from Children First with FGDM experts Paul Reddiex, Paul Nixon, Cathy Ashley OBE and...
Governments must make six crucial commitments to protect children
Scotland’s national children’s charity has warned child poverty is being “normalised” as the charity releases six key calls to all...
Incorporation of the UNCRC into Scottish law
Commenting on the UNCRC (Scotland) act coming into law, Children 1st Chief Executive Mary Glasgow said: “The UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland)...
Rise in number of families affected by two-child cap
Mary Glasgow, chief executive of Children 1st said: “The new Prime Minister must urgently abandon the two-child cap policy. In...