Policy
18th Oct 2023Connect Campaigns: Supporting Children and Young People's Mental Health
As a result of our Parents' Voice survey on mental health, we're calling for schools to remember parental engagement
Policy
18th Oct 2023Scottish Government Consultation on Guidance to the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act
The Scottish Government is modernising and updating the guidance whilst preserving the Act as it is
Survey Results, Policy
18th Oct 2023Connect's Report on Support for Children and Young People's Mental Health
Our Parents' Voice survey on support for children and young people's mental health has led to a powerful and compelling report
News
30th Apr 2020Connect joins the call for supermarkets to allow access for children when essential
Children must have access to supermarkets in some circumstances says this letter from Scotland's leading children and family organisations
News
21st Apr 2020Coronavirus: Support, Help and Advice for Parents & Parent Groups
Find out about what Connect is doing to support and help parents and parent groups during the coronavirus outbreak
News
14th Apr 2020Connect's Annual General Meeting 28 April 2pm Online
Join us for our first ever online Annual General Meeting
News
9th Apr 2020Connect's Statement on the Growing Pressure on Parents, with Dr Janet Goodall
Parents and carers are increasingly expected to act as teachers at home. It is time to look at what home learning really means
News, Survey Results
9th Apr 2020Connect Report on the Parent/Carer Survey: How are you doing?
We surveyed parents and carers to find out how they are managing in this new COVID-19 reality
News
2nd Apr 2020Connect Parent/Carer Survey: How are you doing and what do you need?
The coronavirus outbreak means parents/carers are at home with their children. Our survey asks: how are parents doing?
Survey Results
16th Mar 2020Connect Report: Parents' Voice Survey on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
We share our findings from our parent survey which asked about awareness of the UNCRC
Blog
17th Feb 2020Children in Scotland magazine feature on our mental health survey: suffering in silence
This feature appeared in Issue 196 of Children in Scotland's February 2020 magazine
News
29th Jan 2020Latest edition of Backchat is out now!
Read our termly newsletter for Connect Members to get the latest news from us
News
3rd Dec 2019Connect comments on the latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) report for Scotland
The PISA tests were undertaken in 2018 by 15 year olds all over the world
Survey Results
26th Nov 2019Connect's Report on our Snap Survey of Parents about Celebrations in School Communities
Read the interesting findings of our celebrations parent survey
News
26th Nov 2019What our Wonderful Members Said about Connect’s Services in 2019…
We're sharing the positive feedback we received for our Information Sessions for Members in 2019
News
6th Nov 2019Connect Commissions Academic Research from Stirling University
Through our Partnership Schools Scotland programme, supported by Skills Development Scotland, we're commissioning research
News
6th Nov 2019Connect's Parents' Voice Survey on Children and Young People's Mental Health and Support for Families
We're asking about parents' confidence in supporting their young people's mental health and about their knowledge
Blog
14th Oct 2019Bruce Adamson, Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, blogs on the importance of UNCRC
Bruce Adamson argues for full incorporation of UNCRC into Scots law
News, Blog
9th Oct 2019What Are ACEs?
We are currently being asked to be an ACE Aware Nation, with those working in education and childcare in particular encouraged to consider ACEs in relation to children. But what are ACEs and what do they have to do with us? Connect's Eileen Prior looks at the issue
News
19th Sep 2019Named Person No More
Connect responds to the Scottish Government's decision to scrap its controversial Named Person scheme