Evaluation of a RIGHT blether - York Consulting

Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young PeopleEvaluation of a RIGHT blether“We will incorporate the resource packs into future lessons onthe Scottish Parliament” (Primary school headteacher);“It was useful to have a tool to ‘hang’ lots of citizenshipactivities onto and enabled a more focused discussion” (Youthworker).3.11 However, it is apparent that a RIGHT blether has impacted on adults andparticipating organisations to a lesser extent than for children and youngpeople. Qualitative responses from the survey suggest that this may be dueto ‘adverse selection’: that is that those who agreed to take part in a RIGHTblether were more likely to do so if they already have well-developedmechanisms for which children and young people can have their views takeninto account and learn about their rights and citizenship.3.12 For example, those schools that were working towards Rights RespectingSchool status found it difficult to attribute outcomes and impacts solely to aRIGHT blether as wider activity on children’s rights has also contributed toincreased knowledge and awareness. However, where organisations havebeen participating in and delivering other learning events and activities onrights, they were positive about the ability of a RIGHT blether to help themreinforce the message.3.13 Nevertheless, a RIGHT blether has clearly impacted on adult deliverers andparticipating organisations. A majority of respondents (n=106, 63%) agreethat a RIGHT blether helped develop their skills in teaching children andyoung people about their rights (Table 12).Table 12: How has a RIGHT blether affected you?Base = 167NeitherStronglyStronglyAgree agree nor DisagreeagreedisagreedisagreeIt helped develop my skillsin teaching children andyoung people about theirrights34 (20%) 72 (43%) 43 (26%) 11 (7%) 7 (4%)32