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2021
Jan
Digital inclusion as a right leaves me hopeful
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.
Topic :
Throughcare and aftercare
,
Voices of young people
Author :
Olivia Khan
2020
Nov
Therapeutic Parenting in adoption
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.
Topic :
Adoption
,
Health and Wellbeing
,
Throughcare and aftercare
Author :
Fiona Aitken
2020
Sep
Reimagining the way we nurture and stay connected during COVID-19.
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.
Topic :
Corporate parenting
,
Health and Wellbeing
,
Throughcare and aftercare
Author :
Megan Pirie
2020
Mar
The Care Experienced Student Bursary – helping to change lives in East Renfrewshire
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.
Topic :
Corporate parenting
,
Foster care
,
Local authority
,
Throughcare and aftercare
,
Voices of young people
Author :
Katie Matthews
2019
Aug
Are care leavers really more likely to go to prison than university?
Are care leavers really more likely to go to prison than university?
First published by Exchange Wales on 14 August 2019.
Topic :
Education
,
Throughcare and aftercare
Author :
Dr Neil Harrison
2019
Jul
Young people in the care system deserve help to enter university
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.
Topic :
Education
,
Throughcare and aftercare
Author :
Iain MacRitchie
2018
Dec
Care experience at Christmas
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.
Topic :
Stigma
,
Throughcare and aftercare
Author :
Alastair Redpath
2018
Dec
Unconscious bias in the interview room
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.
Topic :
REACH
,
Throughcare and aftercare
,
Voices of young people
Author :
Joe Rankin
2018
Dec
We can all learn about how young people can thrive in employment
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.
Topic :
Corporate parenting
,
REACH
,
Throughcare and aftercare
,
Voices of young people
Author :
Tommy McDade
2018
Dec
Labels are for clothes not people
Labels are for clothes not people
Introducing issue 12 of REACH, which explores stigma, language, perception and the representation of care and care experience.
Topic :
Corporate parenting
,
Foster care
,
Health and Wellbeing
,
Kinship care
,
Local authority
,
Looked after at home
,
REACH
,
Residential care
,
Throughcare and aftercare
,
Voices of young people
Author :
Claire Burns
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