Cumbernauld Village Centre Achieves Prestigious UNCRC Gold Accreditation
The first family learning centre in North Lanarkshire to gain the award, embedding children's rights into daily practice and community life.
By Kirsty Lennox
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Children and adults working together in an outdoor garden, celebrating community and rights.
Cumbernauld Village Family Learning Centre has become the first in North Lanarkshire to achieve the UNCRC Gold Accreditation, marking a significant commitment to children's rights.
Cumbernauld Village Family Learning Centre has achieved the prestigious UNCRC Gold Accreditation, becoming the first family learning centre in North Lanarkshire to do so. This accreditation highlights the centre's dedication to integrating children's rights into its daily operations, ensuring young people feel valued and empowered.
A special celebration on Tuesday 6 October brought together children, families, staff, and community partners to commemorate this milestone. The centre's journey with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) has focused on fostering a culture where children's rights, participation, and a sense of belonging are integral to everyday practice.
Children are actively encouraged to voice their opinions and influence decisions affecting them, thereby understanding their rights and building confidence. The centre has also cultivated strong ties with the wider Cumbernauld Village community, notably through intergenerational projects with Cumbernauld Village Care Home.
These intergenerational initiatives have seen children develop meaningful relationships with older community members through shared activities and ongoing projects. Furthermore, the centre's focus on outdoor and environmental learning, including its allotment work, provides children with opportunities to grow, care for their environment, and understand their impact on the world.
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"This is a fantastic achievement for everyone at Cumbernauld Village Family Learning Centre and a really important milestone for North Lanarkshire, as the first family learning centre in the area to achieve UNCRC Gold. My congratulations go to the staff, children, families, carers and all the community partners who have played a part in this success. Everyone involved should be very proud of what they have achieved."
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"We are incredibly proud to have achieved UNCRC Gold and grateful to our children, families, staff, parents, carers and community partners for the hard work and commitment that has made this possible. Our children have been at the heart of the journey, sharing their ideas and helping to shape our approach. For us, children’s rights are not simply part of a project or an accreditation. They are embedded in who we are and how we work every day. We want every child to feel valued, listened to and empowered to make a difference. Achieving Gold is wonderful recognition of that work, and we are hugely proud of what our whole community has achieved together."
