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We improve children’s lives by supporting people and organisations to drive long-lasting change in the services they need, and the practices used by people responsible for their care.
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Children’s Commissioner for England publishes report on the separation of children in care and their brothers and sisters
CELCIS asked by the Scottish Government to undertake independent research on children’s services in Scotland
'Your right to continuing care' - new information materials published
Resources
Your Right to Continuing Care
Continuing Care: An exploration of implementation
Virtual School Head Teachers in Scotland: Practice Case Studies
Blog
A legacy: how personal stories are shaped
How legacy work helps children to document their lives: supporting a young person or child who has had to start again in creating their own legacy. Having…
Childhood Trauma and the Poignance of Spirit
In National Storytelling Week 2023, Annmarie Campbell, member of CELCIS's Strategic Advisory Board, explains what inspired her to turn to writing as she shares…
The cost of surviving
At this moment, it feels wrong to address what we’re living through as a cost-of-living crisis, since most people are barely living on what they have. They are…
‘Everybody has a different story’: How compassionate connections are helping to support birth parents
This Adoption Week Scotland, Melanie Thomson, a Social Worker for the Bluebird Project at Scottish Adoption, which offers counselling and support to birth…
Staying connected: How connections – past and present – can help to write our own futures
This Adoption Week Scotland, Tegan, a Youth Ambassador at Scottish Adoption and Teen Talk Adoption, discusses her experience of reconnecting with her…
Why the new John Lewis advert matters
It's long been understood now that there is a pressing need to ‘reframe’ care, something being taken forward with the support of the Each and Every Child…