Voices Forum

Voices brings together the diverse knowledge, skills and experience of our members to seek solutions for the most pressing issues affecting children in Scotland today.

Combined with participation from children and young people, and outputs from our Children’s Sector Strategic and Policy Forum, it is a powerful collection of voices calling on decision-makers to improve children’s lives.

The Forum holds four events per year, complemented by opportunities for members to feed in their views and ideas remotely.

Every member of Children in Scotland is welcome to attend and contribute to Voices Forum meetings.

Previous meetings have covered a variety of subjects, including:

The National Planning Framework
Brexit and the children's sector
UNCRC and children's rights
Information Sharing (Scotland) Bill
Research seminar on Child Welfare Inequalities
Mental Health Strategy

Upcoming meetings

The next Voices Forum will take place online on Thursday 28 November 2024, 10am-12pm.

We invite our members to join our next Voices Forum which will discuss initial ideas for the the 2026-2031 Children in Scotland Manifesto.

Hosted by Policy, Projects and Participation Manager, Roisin Laing, the Forum will provide the opportunity to feed into early-stage discussions around the Manifesto and explore members’ ideas for key policy and legislative changes.

If you wish to reserve a place, please email David Yule, Policy, Projects and Participation Officer, on dyule@childreninscotland.org.uk