NO2NP ACTION DAY: SCOTTISH CABINET AT PITLOCHRY

On Monday this week, around 200 local residents from across Perth and Kinross attended a public meeting hosted by the…

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DUNDEE UNI HEARS OF ‘ILLEGITIMATE AND ILLIBERAL’ NAMED PERSON SCHEME

There was a packed audience in the University of Dundee’s Dalhousie Building on Monday night, when around 130 students, academics…

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“Doesn’t privacy mean anything to these people?”

Mum exasperated by unlawful info sharing and ‘Named Person knows best’ attitude A mum of a child with cerebral palsy…

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Has your council run a Named Person scheme?

Council Status of Named Persons Aberdeen City Council The Named Person scheme was implemented within Aberdeen City in 2012. The…

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NO2NP ACTION DAY ROUNDUP: EDUCATION GOVERNANCE ROADSHOW

When Deputy First Minister John Swinney recently told concerned parents he would not be holding public meetings to listen to…

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Oops! Info watchdogs exposed in embarrassing email gaffes

Information watchdogs have been criticised over disparaging comments made in emails when the Scottish Government lost the Named Person legal…

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Why are local councils still saying children have Named Persons?

The UK Supreme Court back in July struck down the information-sharing provisions at the heart of the Named Person scheme….

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Highland Named Person an opponent, actually, of families

GIRFEC has been running in parts of Highland for ten years and has been fully implemented across the whole region…

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Swinney leaves NO2NP’s campaign spokesman out in the cold

The Deputy First Minister and Education Secretary John Swinney put a ban on NO2NP’s campaign spokesman Simon Calvert from attending…

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NO2NP ACTION DAY: GIRFEC THIRD SECTOR CONFERENCE, EDINBURGH

As part of its efforts to promote its GIRFEC (Getting It Right For Every Child) policy, the Scottish Government has…

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