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Mar
10

The cost of the implementation gap for young people


Megan Sutherland is Vice Chair of Who Cares? Scotland. She recently moved home and found it wasn’t easy to register as exempt from paying Council Tax as a care leaver. Here she discusses what she feels needs to change for care experienced young people in Scotland.   Read More ...


Jan
28

Digital inclusion as a right leaves me hopeful


Olivia Khan is a Rural Business graduate who worked at the Champions Board in South Ayrshire before moving to Berlin. Olivia stays connected to her care roots with a freelance role and in 2021 launched a creative project with a group of five young people. She makes the case for new tech friendly and tech literate care world.   Read More ...


Nov
19

Therapeutic Parenting in adoption


For Adoption Week Scotland this year, Fiona Aitken, Director of Adoption UK Scotland, looks at why therapeutic parenting is so important for children who have been adopted.   Read More ...


Sep
11

Reimagining the way we nurture and stay connected during COVID-19.


Food and other essential items are something that we have always had available for our young people in the Youth Team, Aberdeen but we were aware that when COVID – 19 hit that we would need to be more creative about how we made sure food was available for young people in a safe and structured way.   Read More ...


Mar
09

The Care Experienced Student Bursary – helping to change lives in East Renfrewshire


How the Care Experienced Bursary is making a difference in the lives of care experienced young people.   Read More ...


Aug
19

Are care leavers really more likely to go to prison than university?


First published by Exchange Wales on 14 August 2019.   Read More ...


Jul
29

Young people in the care system deserve help to enter university


A version of this blog post was first published in The Times on 26 July 2019.   Read More ...


Dec
19

Care experience at Christmas


In this blog post, Alastair Redpath, Co-Chair of the Independent Care Review’s Stigma Work Group, considers why Christmas might not be all joy and cheer for everyone but sees hope for change.   Read More ...


Dec
05

Unconscious bias in the interview room


Joe Rankin of the Nevis Group talks about whether young people should tell future employers that they're care experienced. With video of James Calder.   Read More ...


Dec
04

We can all learn about how young people can thrive in employment


Tommy McDade from Barnardo's Scotland talks about a programme that is supporting young people into the world of work for the first time.   Read More ...


Dec
01

Labels are for clothes not people


Introducing issue 12 of REACH, which explores stigma, language, perception and the representation of care and care experience.   Read More ...


Jun
20

Commitment must be matched by deeds, not just words


Kenny McGhee continues the conversation from Gordon Main’s recent blog Commitment, like love, is not enough.   Read More ...


Mar
12

CHAMPS is changing lives


Maryellen Fegan chairs the Highland Champions (CHAMPS) Board. In this blog she describes what she believes it has achieved.   Read More ...


Dec
14

A fair financial deal for care experienced students


How the Student Support Review Group is trying to ensure care experienced students have a fair standard of living.   Read More ...


Jul
12

Doctor Who and the care experienced new companion


Leanne Mattu, Research Associate at CELCIS, explores what Bill Potts’ character does and does not tell us about being in foster care   Read More ...


Jun
27

One Moana is all we need…


Care leaver Helen Johnston compares her life to a Disney movie   Read More ...


Jun
14

I wanted to be a social work superhero


What does relational based practice look like in reality, for a busy statutory team?   Read More ...


May
11

Just do it!


Louise Martin, the University of Strathclyde’s Widening Access Support Officer, and Jennifer Lynch Care leaver talk about going to university.   Read More ...


Apr
03

Care leavers don't get sanctioned in Falkirk thanks to Moneywise


Norma Brown of Falkirk Council describes their Moneywise project and the difference it's making to the lives of care leavers in the area.   Read More ...


Mar
31

The devil is in the detail


What the latest round of Scottish Government’s stats on looked after children do and don’t tell us   Read More ...


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Voices of young people (47)
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Health and Wellbeing (36)
Education (34)
Corporate parenting (30)
Local authority (28)
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