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CELCIS is a leading improvement and innovation centre in Scotland.
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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Education Outcomes for Looked After Children 2023/24
New data gives clearer picture of kinship care in Scotland
New legislation introduced in Scotland to support children with care experience
Care experienced children struggling to access right to education in Scotland
Resources
CELCIS’s response to the Scottish Parliament’s Education, Children and Young People Committee's Call for Views on the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill
Supporting planning for the future of foster care in Scotland
New research highlights the need for increased support for Scotland’s kinship families
Children's Services Reform Research Concluding report
Blog
Legislating for change for children and the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024
Debbie Nolan, Practice Development Advisor at the Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ), and Kate Mackinnon, Policy Associate at CELCIS, discuss…
Looking beyond the data at Continuing Care and Aftercare
The recently released Children’s Social Work Statistics for Scotland includes data about children in care and data on care leavers. Here, Kirsty Doull, CELCIS’s…
What has fostering for 20 years taught me about relationships?
In this blog post for Foster Care Fortnight, Amy , an intensive foster carer who provides care and support to children and young people with significant and…
Why face-to-face support matters to foster carers
In this blog post for Foster Carer Fortnight 2025, Anne Currie, Assistant Director for Scotland at The Fostering Network, discusses why the theme of ‘the power…
Is the picture getting any clearer?
CELCIS’s Data Lead, Micky Anderson, considers the latest children’s social work statistics in Scotland, looking at newly available data, and why additional…
How the Scottish Child Interview Model is improving experiences for children and young people
The Scottish Child Interview Model is a new model of practice for interviewing children who are victims or witnesses of crime, abuse, neglect or exploitation…