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2024
May
“It’s about…believing our own words”: Bringing together the voices of care experienced people
“It’s about…believing our own words”: Bringing together the voices of care experienced people
Rebekah Pierre is a care experienced writer, author, social worker, and editor of a new anthology, ‘Free Loaves on Fridays: The Care System As Told By People Who Actually Get It’, which brings together stories, essays, poems and letters by 100 care experienced children and adults. In this conversation with CELCIS, she discusses the process of developing this anthology and how she hopes the book will help shift the narrative of care experience.
Topic :
Adoption
,
Corporate parenting
,
Foster care
,
Health and Wellbeing
,
Kinship care
,
Local authority
,
Looked after at home
,
Residential care
,
Stigma
,
Throughcare and aftercare
,
Voices of young people
,
Brothers and sisters
Author :
Rebekah Pierre
2022
Nov
‘Everybody has a different story’: How compassionate connections are helping to support birth parents
‘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 parents, and birth mothers who currently take part in the Bluebird Project, share why compassionate, nurturing peer support is so important.
Topic :
Adoption
,
Health and Wellbeing
,
Stigma
Author :
Melanie Thomson
2022
Nov
Why the new John Lewis advert matters
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 initiative which is underpinned by research and practice. It’s fitting then that we have a new Christmas messenger – John Lewis and their annual Christmas advert.
Topic :
Adoption
,
Foster care
,
Permanence
,
Stigma
,
Voices of young people
Author :
Samantha Fiander
2021
Nov
Leaving narratives unchallenged can only lead to injustice
Leaving narratives unchallenged can only lead to injustice
Reflecting on the impact of the media, and how it is used, in shaping public attitudes to care experience.
Topic :
Adoption
,
Stigma
Author :
Samantha Fiander
2019
Jun
Let’s stamp stigma out for care experienced once and for all
Let’s stamp stigma out for care experienced once and for all
Guest Joe Rankin of the Nevis Group discusses the need to stamp out stigma for those with care experience.
Topic :
Stigma
Author :
Joe Rankin
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
Caring about care means being ready to change
Caring about care means being ready to change
John Ryan reflects on the fight to continue to do best by Scotland’s children.
Topic :
REACH
,
Residential care
,
Stigma
Author :
John Ryan
2018
Dec
It’s okay to not be okay
It’s okay to not be okay
Laura Sharpe from See Me to talks about the results of a survey looking at the mental health of young people in Scotland.
Topic :
REACH
,
Stigma
,
Voices of young people
Author :
Laura Sharpe
2018
Dec
How do you solve a problem like… stigma?
How do you solve a problem like… stigma?
Daniel Busso of the Frameworks Institute writes about how stigma could be changed.
Topic :
REACH
,
Stigma
Author :
Daniel Busso
2018
Dec
Telling Stories
Telling Stories
The representation of care experienced people in literature, film and storytelling.
Topic :
REACH
,
Stigma
,
Voices of young people
Author :
Charlotte Armitage
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