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Scotland’s growing number of kinship families need more support, according to new research

...to new research 10 Oct 2024 New research has highlighted the need for children living in kinship care to receive more support, as the number of young people being cared for by family or friends continues to rise. Published earlier this...


25 Calls response: The Care Review is laying down a challenge. In 2020 you can be part of the solution

...The Care Review has always sought ‘quieter voices’ too such as people with experience of kinship care or secure care, those on the ‘edges’ of care or indeed infants. In terms of participation, the Care Review has modelled the model,...


'Young carers must remain a priority’

...development’ Posted 16 March 2022, by Jennifer Drummond health and wellbeing kinship care Mental Health young carers On Young Carers Action Day 2022, Paul Traynor (pictured) highlights why increased...

health and wellbeing kinship care Mental Health young carers

Young carers running on empty, says leading charity

...16 March 2022, by Jennifer Drummond Education health and wellbeing kinship care Mental Health young carers The Carers Trust has highlighted how a lack of support, coupled with a dramatic rise in...

Education health and wellbeing kinship care Mental Health young carers

Undergrad students to receive more financial support

...in settings such as foster or residential care, or under a compulsory supervision order or kinship care arrangement. The increases will be available to students who already attend further or higher education, as well as new students...

care experience funding higher education Scottish Government Undergraduates

CELCIS Christmas Card competition 2022

...are in care. This could be through being looked after by foster carers, prospective adopters or in kinship care, living in residential care homes or in a group care setting, or someone who is adopted. Last year the competition received more than...

Arts care experience creative

Call 17: Prioritise integration, support for families and participation to give children the best start

...nature to many of the services CHANGE works with. During our Family Voices work we heard from a kinship carer who was grateful for support offered by a nursery, saying: “You just need to go to that office door and say, ‘I’ve got a...


Call 24: Ensure all children can participate in high quality, innovative arts experiences from the earliest age

...in foam-filled jungles and embarking on trips to the moon in homemade space suits that a kinship carer participating in our Creative Kin project found “the chance to bond as a family”. And it was after working with an artist...

25 calls

Family ties

...assessing long-term care options for children in both the UK and more than 120 other countries. kinship care – when a child is placed with a close relative such as a step-parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle or sibling – is often the best option...


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Scotland’s growing number of kinship families need more support, according to new research

...to new research 10 Oct 2024 New research has highlighted the need for children living in kinship care to receive more support, as the number of young people being cared for by family or friends continues to rise. Published earlier this...


25 Calls response: The Care Review is laying down a challenge. In 2020 you can be part of the solution

...The Care Review has always sought ‘quieter voices’ too such as people with experience of kinship care or secure care, those on the ‘edges’ of care or indeed infants. In terms of participation, the Care Review has modelled the model,...



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'Young carers must remain a priority’
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...development’ Posted 16 March 2022, by Jennifer Drummond health and wellbeing kinship care Mental Health young carers On Young Carers Action Day 2022, Paul Traynor (pictured) highlights why increased...

health and wellbeing kinship care Mental Health young carers

Young carers running on empty, says leading charity
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...16 March 2022, by Jennifer Drummond Education health and wellbeing kinship care Mental Health young carers The Carers Trust has highlighted how a lack of support, coupled with a dramatic rise in...

Education health and wellbeing kinship care Mental Health young carers

Undergrad students to receive more financial support
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...in settings such as foster or residential care, or under a compulsory supervision order or kinship care arrangement. The increases will be available to students who already attend further or higher education, as well as new students...

care experience funding higher education Scottish Government Undergraduates

CELCIS Christmas Card competition 2022
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...are in care. This could be through being looked after by foster carers, prospective adopters or in kinship care, living in residential care homes or in a group care setting, or someone who is adopted. Last year the competition received more than...

Arts care experience creative

Call 17: Prioritise integration, support for families and participation to give children the best start
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...nature to many of the services CHANGE works with. During our Family Voices work we heard from a kinship carer who was grateful for support offered by a nursery, saying: “You just need to go to that office door and say, ‘I’ve got a...


Call 24: Ensure all children can participate in high quality, innovative arts experiences from the earliest age
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...in foam-filled jungles and embarking on trips to the moon in homemade space suits that a kinship carer participating in our Creative Kin project found “the chance to bond as a family”. And it was after working with an artist...

25 calls

Family ties
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...assessing long-term care options for children in both the UK and more than 120 other countries. kinship care – when a child is placed with a close relative such as a step-parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle or sibling – is often the best option...