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care experienced community invited to participate in National Theatre of Scotland’s listening project
... care experienced community invited to participate in National Theatre of Scotland’s listening project 4 Mar 2025 The National Theatre of Scotland has announced a joint listening project, produced in partnership with Who Cares? Scotland and...
Creating a definition of ‘care experience’
...different sectors’ approaches to defining care experience, and strengthen the data we have on care experienced children, young people and adults, allowing us to more accurately identify the barriers they face and put in place appropriate...
Fiona Duncan: "I made the promise too"
...Advisor on the promise, has been focused on keeping the promise that was made to the thousands of care experienced children, young people and adults who shared their voices and views during the Independent Care Review. With 2025 marking the...
Bold voices breaking new ground: Our Spring issue of Insight is out now
...from across the sector who are breaking new ground, whether it’s creating a better future for care experienced children and young people, supporting a group of young Afghan women to have a second chance at an education or changing policy so...
Keeping the Promise in 2025
...Children in Scotland throughout this year. Back in August 2023 I wrote a blog reflecting on how care experienced children and young people had been a thread throughout my career and personal life. I also talked about some of our plans to help...
‘Transfer of power’ vital in securing positive outcomes for care experienced young people, report finds
... ‘Transfer of power’ vital in securing positive outcomes for care experienced young people Media Release 12 October 2022 Supportive relationships, appropriate housing, and adults transferring decision-making power are key to securing good...
care care experienced home and belonging homelessness Participation rights"care experienced young people need love, relationships and community. They deserve to belong"
... "care experienced young people need love, relationships and community. They deserve the same as all of us: to belong" 13 October 2022 The Home and Belonging evaluation demonstrates why security and support is fundamental for young people with...
belonging care care experience home home and belonging homelessness housing Participation rightsNational consultation launched on the future of foster care
...next year and the consultation are key steps towards Keeping The Promise by delivering for care experienced children and young people. Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, Natalie Don-Innes, said: “We want Scotland to be...
New advisory board to explore and share the experience of foster care
Access to childcare services ‘has strengthened relationships and wellbeing for children and parents’, new report finds
access to childcare fund childcare Families flexibility out of school care Parents Poverty services
Committing to radical change in Scotland’s system of care
Young people with care experience at the heart of new project
...parents who work with young people leaving care. At the heart of this work is the belief that care experienced young people are the primary and most significant influencers in developing and improving outcomes for their peers. We are the only...
25 Calls response: Improving care cannot wait
...of care in Scotland. We must continue to listen to those who have lived in fostering households (care experienced young people, foster carers and their children) to make sure they lead the improvements to the system that we know are so badly...
25 Calls response: The hope is that people can acknowledge the assumptions that they make about those in care and challenge them
...responds to Call 7 of our 25 Calls campaign. Carmel is a member of a representative group of care experienced people called ‘The Collective’ and explains her hopes for how they will be part of the changes to come. Call 7: Support the...
Dispelling the myths of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
...to impact 3-5% of the entire population and 20% of children and young people in the care experienced community, the importance of increasing awareness and education on the symptoms and impact of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)...
A new framework tracks progress towards keeping the promise
...start to answer the question of how Scotland is doing as it works towards keeping the promise for care experienced children, young people and their families. Collecting input from relevant Scottish Government analytical divisions, nine local...
Developing our next Manifesto
...have also seen key steps taken by the Scottish Government to Keep The Promise to Scotland’s care experienced children and young people as well as a renewed commitment from Scottish Ministers to reduce child poverty and the introduction of...
Scotland’s growing number of kinship families need more support, according to new research
...such as foster or residential care. The research team brought together anonymised records for care experienced children, and linked these to records for the same children across education, Children’s Hearings, child protection, and health...
Challenges and opportunities: Insight Issue 6 celebrates the hard work and determination of Scotland’s third sector
...for more) is proving laughter is the best medicine Details of a new journal that is empowering care experienced young people to write their own story An Edinburgh community group’s recipe for building mums’ confidence, independence and...
Promoting continuity rather than reform: Children in Scotland’s views on the Education (Scotland) Bill
...and young people including through the Inclusion Ambassadors network, its project work with care experienced young people and Pupil Support Staff through the Keeping the Promise Fund and Changing our World, Children in Scotland’s children...
Making brave choices to keep the promise
...with care experience can have less positive outcomes than their peers. Studies tell us that the care experienced population are more likely to come into conflict with the law, to experience homelessness, and to have no educational...
Embedding the principles of The Promise
...working on a project with children and young people and pupil support staff to improve the support care experienced pupils receive in school. Staff have highlighted the need for improved training to understand trauma as well as awareness-raising to...
2023 highlights: reflecting on a milestone year
...bid to gain funding from The Promise, allowing the team to allocate resources targeted towards care experienced young people’s education. As part of our Children’s Views work, we gathered the views of even more children aged 12-15 with...
Insight magazine Issue 3 now available for non-members
...at Who Cares? Scotland (click here for more), shares why accountability is key when supporting care experienced people. Since the late 1970s, Who Cares? Scotland has been a source of support, a champion of rights and a powerhouse of progress...
Keeping Children in Scotland’s commitment to The Promise
...the organisation's Head of Engagement & Learning, Simon Massey, reflects on how working with care experienced children and young people has been a thread running throughout his career. Now Children in Scotland’s commitment to...
25 & Up: After a year of adversity, change is coming – and Scotland is more determined than ever to Keep the Promise
...and a vision for the Scotland that together we could be. Driven by the voices of thousands of care experienced babies, infants, children, adults and families as well as the paid and unpaid workforce, the demand was for a Scotland where every...
25 and Up 25 calls campaign care care experience care experienced Care Review fiona duncan the PromiseNew report explores poverty and the care system
...“The overarching ambition of The Scottish Government in its commitment to Keep the Promise for care experienced children, young people and their families is to keep families together where it is safe to do so and to provide the support that is...
care system Children Poverty researchFoster Care Fortnight: foster carers' essential work
...the essential work of foster carers in Scotland Posted 25.05.23 by Alice Hinds care care experienced people foster care the Promise Every year, thousands of children in Scotland and around the UK require care because...
care care experienced people foster care the PromiseSturgeon resigns and centres care experience in speech
...is The Promise – the national mission, so close to my heart, to improve the life chances of care experienced young people and ensure that they grow up nurtured and loved. “My commitment to these young people will be lifelong.” She also...
Attainment baby box Education Nicola Sturgeon Scottish Child Payment Scottish Government Scottish Parliament the PromiseWebsite launches for care support staff
...Week to be marked with free performance exploring Scotland's care system Oct 19, 2022 Comment care experienced young people need love and community. They deserve to belong Oct 13, 2022 Project Home and Belonging – final report Oct 12,...
care care experienceRenewed calls for minimum allowance for foster carers
...minimum allowance for foster carers Posted 4 November, 2022 by Jennifer Drummond care experienced foster care A new report has revealed a postcode lottery for funding for children, young people and the foster carers...
care experienced foster careCreative expressions of care
...panel discussion that explores the care system. To mark National Care Leavers' Week in the UK and care experienced Week in Scotland, audiences will have free access to Holding/Holding On, a filmed reading of playwright Nicola McCartney's...
Arts care care experience young carersIt's time to deliver change in foster care
...change. Now it's time to deliver Posted 11 Aug, 2022 by Jennifer Drummond ASL care experienced Education foster care Health looked after children Mental Health A recent report has...
ASL care experienced Education foster care Health looked after children Mental HealthEvidence shows poor planning for care leavers
...Health, Social Care and Sport Committee heard evidence on the current health and wellbeing of care experienced young people. At the meeting held yesterday (Tuesday 18 January), key points raised focused on the lack of support for young...
care experience equality health and wellbeing looked after children Mental HealthWe need to foster a care system built on love
...experience Legislation Protecting and supporting the sibling relationships of care experienced children and young people is vital to creating a system built on love, writes Louise Hunter (pictured) The Scottish Government...
advocacy care experience LegislationCall 7: Support the aims and work of the Care Review – making changes to improve care now and in future
...recognises the importance of brothers and sisters, parents, extended family and trusted adults. care experienced infants, children and young people will thrive in supportive and stable learning and work environments, ensuring they have the...
Insight – Issue 7
...from across the sector who are breaking new ground, whether it’s creating a better future for care experienced children and young people, supporting a group of young Afghan women to have a second chance at an education or changing policy so...
AC25 - workshops
...our innovative model of education at Kibble and the Skills Academy helps transform the lives of care experienced young people and build brighter futures. We will demonstrate how supportive learning environments provide a varied curriculum and...
AC25 - Programme
...Scotland – Stevan Sutherland, Team Leader, CluedUp project – Millicent Wenlock; Chair of The care experienced Movement Lord Provost + Imperial Suite (main hall) Moderator: Claire O'Hara, Programme Director, Each and Every...
AC25 - Speakers
...on how public money is spent more effectively to enable better lives for children, young people, care experienced adults, families, and communities. Keynote, Wednesday 28 May 2025, Day One | 10:15am Website Shaun, Changing our...
The Promise Event - Online
...practice-sharing sessions to listen, share and network with other Pupil Support Staff focusing on care experienced children and young people. We’re covering a range of topics that Pupil Support Staff and care experienced children and young...
The Promise Event - Glasgow
...Avenue, G12 8LX This fully-funded training is for Pupil Support Staff focusing on improving care experienced learner’s experiences at school. Tickets Free for pupil support staff Buy tickets on eventbrite Book...
The Promise Event - Edinburgh
...Mary's Street, EH1 1SU This fully-funded training is for Pupil Support Staff focusing on improving care experienced learner’s experiences at school. Tickets Free for pupil support staff Buy tickets on eventbrite Book...
The Promise Event - Inverness
...Inverness IV3 5SS. This fully-funded training is for Pupil Support Staff focusing on improving care experienced learner’s experiences at school. Tickets Free for pupil support staff Buy tickets on eventbrite Book...
The Promise Event - Dundee
...Place, Dundee DD1 4PD This fully-funded training is for Pupil Support Staff focusing on improving care experienced learner’s experiences at school. Tickets Free for pupil support staff Buy tickets on eventbrite Book...
The Promise Events 24-25
...the learning programme The Promise tells us about the importance of supportive schools for care experienced pupils, and we know that Pupil Support Staff don’t always get consistent professional development opportunities. The...
Insight – Issue 6
...programme is proving laughter is the best medicine Details of a new journal that is empowering care experienced young people to write their own story An Edinburgh community group’s recipe for building mums’ confidence, independence and...
Building Happier Futures
.../ A young Scot designs charity tote with John Lewis to “represent the brilliance of care experienced people” Posted 19.01.24 by Alice Hinds Arts care experience charity children and young...
Arts care experience charity children and young people design Fundraising30th anniversary
...30, the organisation's Head of Engagement & Learning, Simon Massey, reflects on how working with care experienced children and young people has been a thread running throughout his career. Now Children in Scotland’s commitment to...
Insight - Issue 3
...disadvantaged communities. From addressing stigma and campaigning for equality for those who are care experienced, to those facing homelessness or dealing with childhood trauma and disadvantage, this issue discusses how we can make progress on...
Enter The Why Not? Trust’s digital showcase
...enter The Why Not? Trust’s digital showcase Posted 18.10.23 by Alice Hinds art care experienced people care system digital The Why Not? Trust is seeking artwork from parents with care experience, which will be...
art care experienced people care system digitalNo results found.
care experienced community invited to participate in National Theatre of Scotland’s listening project
... care experienced community invited to participate in National Theatre of Scotland’s listening project 4 Mar 2025 The National Theatre of Scotland has announced a joint listening project, produced in partnership with Who Cares? Scotland and...
Creating a definition of ‘care experience’
...different sectors’ approaches to defining care experience, and strengthen the data we have on care experienced children, young people and adults, allowing us to more accurately identify the barriers they face and put in place appropriate...
Fiona Duncan: "I made the promise too"
...Advisor on the promise, has been focused on keeping the promise that was made to the thousands of care experienced children, young people and adults who shared their voices and views during the Independent Care Review. With 2025 marking the...
Bold voices breaking new ground: Our Spring issue of Insight is out now
...from across the sector who are breaking new ground, whether it’s creating a better future for care experienced children and young people, supporting a group of young Afghan women to have a second chance at an education or changing policy so...
Keeping the Promise in 2025
...Children in Scotland throughout this year. Back in August 2023 I wrote a blog reflecting on how care experienced children and young people had been a thread throughout my career and personal life. I also talked about some of our plans to help...
‘Transfer of power’ vital in securing positive outcomes for care experienced young people, report finds
... ‘Transfer of power’ vital in securing positive outcomes for care experienced young people Media Release 12 October 2022 Supportive relationships, appropriate housing, and adults transferring decision-making power are key to securing good...
care care experienced home and belonging homelessness Participation rights"care experienced young people need love, relationships and community. They deserve to belong"
... "care experienced young people need love, relationships and community. They deserve the same as all of us: to belong" 13 October 2022 The Home and Belonging evaluation demonstrates why security and support is fundamental for young people with...
belonging care care experience home home and belonging homelessness housing Participation rightsNational consultation launched on the future of foster care
...next year and the consultation are key steps towards Keeping The Promise by delivering for care experienced children and young people. Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, Natalie Don-Innes, said: “We want Scotland to be...
New advisory board to explore and share the experience of foster care
Access to childcare services ‘has strengthened relationships and wellbeing for children and parents’, new report finds
access to childcare fund childcare Families flexibility out of school care Parents Poverty services
Committing to radical change in Scotland’s system of care
Young people with care experience at the heart of new project
...parents who work with young people leaving care. At the heart of this work is the belief that care experienced young people are the primary and most significant influencers in developing and improving outcomes for their peers. We are the only...
25 Calls response: Improving care cannot wait
...of care in Scotland. We must continue to listen to those who have lived in fostering households (care experienced young people, foster carers and their children) to make sure they lead the improvements to the system that we know are so badly...
25 Calls response: The hope is that people can acknowledge the assumptions that they make about those in care and challenge them
...responds to Call 7 of our 25 Calls campaign. Carmel is a member of a representative group of care experienced people called ‘The Collective’ and explains her hopes for how they will be part of the changes to come. Call 7: Support the...
Dispelling the myths of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
...to impact 3-5% of the entire population and 20% of children and young people in the care experienced community, the importance of increasing awareness and education on the symptoms and impact of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)...
A new framework tracks progress towards keeping the promise
...start to answer the question of how Scotland is doing as it works towards keeping the promise for care experienced children, young people and their families. Collecting input from relevant Scottish Government analytical divisions, nine local...
Developing our next Manifesto
...have also seen key steps taken by the Scottish Government to Keep The Promise to Scotland’s care experienced children and young people as well as a renewed commitment from Scottish Ministers to reduce child poverty and the introduction of...
Scotland’s growing number of kinship families need more support, according to new research
...such as foster or residential care. The research team brought together anonymised records for care experienced children, and linked these to records for the same children across education, Children’s Hearings, child protection, and health...
Challenges and opportunities: Insight Issue 6 celebrates the hard work and determination of Scotland’s third sector
...for more) is proving laughter is the best medicine Details of a new journal that is empowering care experienced young people to write their own story An Edinburgh community group’s recipe for building mums’ confidence, independence and...
Promoting continuity rather than reform: Children in Scotland’s views on the Education (Scotland) Bill
...and young people including through the Inclusion Ambassadors network, its project work with care experienced young people and Pupil Support Staff through the Keeping the Promise Fund and Changing our World, Children in Scotland’s children...
Making brave choices to keep the promise
...with care experience can have less positive outcomes than their peers. Studies tell us that the care experienced population are more likely to come into conflict with the law, to experience homelessness, and to have no educational...
Embedding the principles of The Promise
...working on a project with children and young people and pupil support staff to improve the support care experienced pupils receive in school. Staff have highlighted the need for improved training to understand trauma as well as awareness-raising to...
2023 highlights: reflecting on a milestone year
...bid to gain funding from The Promise, allowing the team to allocate resources targeted towards care experienced young people’s education. As part of our Children’s Views work, we gathered the views of even more children aged 12-15 with...
Insight magazine Issue 3 now available for non-members
...at Who Cares? Scotland (click here for more), shares why accountability is key when supporting care experienced people. Since the late 1970s, Who Cares? Scotland has been a source of support, a champion of rights and a powerhouse of progress...
Keeping Children in Scotland’s commitment to The Promise
...the organisation's Head of Engagement & Learning, Simon Massey, reflects on how working with care experienced children and young people has been a thread running throughout his career. Now Children in Scotland’s commitment to...
25 & Up: After a year of adversity, change is coming – and Scotland is more determined than ever to Keep the Promise
...and a vision for the Scotland that together we could be. Driven by the voices of thousands of care experienced babies, infants, children, adults and families as well as the paid and unpaid workforce, the demand was for a Scotland where every...
25 and Up 25 calls campaign care care experience care experienced Care Review fiona duncan the PromiseNo results found.
No results found.
No results found.
AC25 - workshops
...our innovative model of education at Kibble and the Skills Academy helps transform the lives of care experienced young people and build brighter futures. We will demonstrate how supportive learning environments provide a varied curriculum and...
AC25 - Programme
...Scotland – Stevan Sutherland, Team Leader, CluedUp project – Millicent Wenlock; Chair of The care experienced Movement Lord Provost + Imperial Suite (main hall) Moderator: Claire O'Hara, Programme Director, Each and Every...
AC25 - Speakers
...on how public money is spent more effectively to enable better lives for children, young people, care experienced adults, families, and communities. Keynote, Wednesday 28 May 2025, Day One | 10:15am Website Shaun, Changing our...
The Promise Event - Online
...practice-sharing sessions to listen, share and network with other Pupil Support Staff focusing on care experienced children and young people. We’re covering a range of topics that Pupil Support Staff and care experienced children and young...
The Promise Event - Glasgow
...Avenue, G12 8LX This fully-funded training is for Pupil Support Staff focusing on improving care experienced learner’s experiences at school. Tickets Free for pupil support staff Buy tickets on eventbrite Book...
The Promise Event - Edinburgh
...Mary's Street, EH1 1SU This fully-funded training is for Pupil Support Staff focusing on improving care experienced learner’s experiences at school. Tickets Free for pupil support staff Buy tickets on eventbrite Book...
The Promise Event - Inverness
...Inverness IV3 5SS. This fully-funded training is for Pupil Support Staff focusing on improving care experienced learner’s experiences at school. Tickets Free for pupil support staff Buy tickets on eventbrite Book...
The Promise Event - Dundee
...Place, Dundee DD1 4PD This fully-funded training is for Pupil Support Staff focusing on improving care experienced learner’s experiences at school. Tickets Free for pupil support staff Buy tickets on eventbrite Book...
The Promise Events 24-25
...the learning programme The Promise tells us about the importance of supportive schools for care experienced pupils, and we know that Pupil Support Staff don’t always get consistent professional development opportunities. The...
30th anniversary
...30, the organisation's Head of Engagement & Learning, Simon Massey, reflects on how working with care experienced children and young people has been a thread running throughout his career. Now Children in Scotland’s commitment to...
No results found.
No results found.
New report explores poverty and the care system
post
...“The overarching ambition of The Scottish Government in its commitment to Keep the Promise for care experienced children, young people and their families is to keep families together where it is safe to do so and to provide the support that is...
care system Children Poverty researchFoster Care Fortnight: foster carers' essential work
post
...the essential work of foster carers in Scotland Posted 25.05.23 by Alice Hinds care care experienced people foster care the Promise Every year, thousands of children in Scotland and around the UK require care because...
care care experienced people foster care the PromiseSturgeon resigns and centres care experience in speech
post
...is The Promise – the national mission, so close to my heart, to improve the life chances of care experienced young people and ensure that they grow up nurtured and loved. “My commitment to these young people will be lifelong.” She also...
Attainment baby box Education Nicola Sturgeon Scottish Child Payment Scottish Government Scottish Parliament the PromiseWebsite launches for care support staff
post
...Week to be marked with free performance exploring Scotland's care system Oct 19, 2022 Comment care experienced young people need love and community. They deserve to belong Oct 13, 2022 Project Home and Belonging – final report Oct 12,...
care care experienceRenewed calls for minimum allowance for foster carers
post
...minimum allowance for foster carers Posted 4 November, 2022 by Jennifer Drummond care experienced foster care A new report has revealed a postcode lottery for funding for children, young people and the foster carers...
care experienced foster careCreative expressions of care
post
...panel discussion that explores the care system. To mark National Care Leavers' Week in the UK and care experienced Week in Scotland, audiences will have free access to Holding/Holding On, a filmed reading of playwright Nicola McCartney's...
Arts care care experience young carersIt's time to deliver change in foster care
post
...change. Now it's time to deliver Posted 11 Aug, 2022 by Jennifer Drummond ASL care experienced Education foster care Health looked after children Mental Health A recent report has...
ASL care experienced Education foster care Health looked after children Mental HealthEvidence shows poor planning for care leavers
post
...Health, Social Care and Sport Committee heard evidence on the current health and wellbeing of care experienced young people. At the meeting held yesterday (Tuesday 18 January), key points raised focused on the lack of support for young...
care experience equality health and wellbeing looked after children Mental HealthWe need to foster a care system built on love
post
...experience Legislation Protecting and supporting the sibling relationships of care experienced children and young people is vital to creating a system built on love, writes Louise Hunter (pictured) The Scottish Government...
advocacy care experience LegislationCall 7: Support the aims and work of the Care Review – making changes to improve care now and in future
post
...recognises the importance of brothers and sisters, parents, extended family and trusted adults. care experienced infants, children and young people will thrive in supportive and stable learning and work environments, ensuring they have the...
Insight – Issue 7
post
...from across the sector who are breaking new ground, whether it’s creating a better future for care experienced children and young people, supporting a group of young Afghan women to have a second chance at an education or changing policy so...
Insight – Issue 6
post
...programme is proving laughter is the best medicine Details of a new journal that is empowering care experienced young people to write their own story An Edinburgh community group’s recipe for building mums’ confidence, independence and...
Building Happier Futures
post
.../ A young Scot designs charity tote with John Lewis to “represent the brilliance of care experienced people” Posted 19.01.24 by Alice Hinds Arts care experience charity children and young...
Arts care experience charity children and young people design FundraisingInsight - Issue 3
post
...disadvantaged communities. From addressing stigma and campaigning for equality for those who are care experienced, to those facing homelessness or dealing with childhood trauma and disadvantage, this issue discusses how we can make progress on...
Enter The Why Not? Trust’s digital showcase
post
...enter The Why Not? Trust’s digital showcase Posted 18.10.23 by Alice Hinds art care experienced people care system digital The Why Not? Trust is seeking artwork from parents with care experience, which will be...
art care experienced people care system digital