CELCIS Blog
Our blog is a hub for perspectives and analysis of issues that matter to the lives of children, young people and their families. You will hear from our staff and guest bloggers on many topical issues where they will be reflecting and sharing their policy, practice and research insights..
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It is an honour and a privilege to be a foster carer
In this blog post for Foster Care Fortnight, Ang talks about fostering children with her husband Steve for the past 15 years, and describes what’s she’s learned…
Foster Care Fortnight highlights the pressures foster carers are facing and gives a voice to everyday experiences
In this blog post for Foster Care Fortnight, Hope Lynch-Gerrard, Policy and Public Affairs Officer for The Fostering Network in Scotland, explains the ideas…
Recognising the strength of family – and the work still to do
In this blog post for Kinship Care Week 2026, Melanie Bridges, Improving Care Experiences Consultant at CELCIS, reflects on the devoted care of kinship families…
Connected By Care: The joy of taking part
In this blog post for Care Day 2026, Craig McCreadie, Participation Practice Lead at CELCIS, reflects on his passion for supporting people with care experience…
Co-located family services: my experience of visiting a Family Centre in Sweden
In this blog post, Dr Alex McTier, Evidence and Evaluation Specialist at CELCIS, reflects on his visit to a Family Centre in Sweden, on what he believes are key…
How do we define care? Bridging cultural gaps in developing a universal definition of care experience
In this blog post for Care Experienced Week, Maryam, who was a CELCIS Consultant with lived experience of care involved in considering the Scottish Government's…
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…