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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
Year: 2025 | Topic:
Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Foster care, Kinship care, Legislation, Local authority, Permanence, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: CELCIS
Our response is underpinned by research evidence, practice experience, and extensive insight and intelligence from lived experience and profe…
Response from CELCIS to the Scottish Parliament’s Education, Children and Young People Committee's Call for Views on the Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill
Year: 2025 | Topic:
Education, Health and Wellbeing, Legislation, Residential care, Voices of young people | Author: CELCIS
The Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill intends to minimise the use of restraint and seclusion of children and young people in…
Education Forum June 2025
Year: 2025 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
Celebrating ten years of Virtual School Head Teachers in Scotland
Virtual School Head Teacher Role Profile
Year: 2025 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
The VSHT is a senior member of education staff working at a strategic level to improve educational experiences and outcomes for care experien…
CELCIS’s response to the Scottish Parliament’s Education (Scotland) Bill Call for Views
Year: 2025 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
CELCIS has responded to the Scottish Parliament's call for views on the Education (Scotland) Bill.
CELCIS’s response to the Scottish Government’s Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill
Year: 2025 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
CELCIS has responded to a Scottish Government consultation on the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill.
New indicators and new insights. What do the latest child protection statistics tell us?
Year: 2025 | Topic:
Child protection | Author: Dr Alex McTier
In this blog post, Dr Alex McTier, Evidence and Evaluation Specialist at CELCIS, takes a closer look at Scotland’s Child Protection 2023-2024…
Education Forum February 2025
Year: 2025 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
At our February meeting of the Education Forum, we were delighted to welcome Gavin Morgan, Co-CEO, and Diana Whitmore, Founder and Co-CEO, of…
New information guides to help children, young people and families understand child protection processes
Year: 2025 | Topic:
Child protection, Domestic abuse | Author: Scottish Government
New guides to help children, young people and parents and carers in Scotland to learn about child protection have been published by the Scott…
Whose experiences are we relying on to explain what the reality of adoption feels like for adoptees?
Year: 2024 | Topic:
Adoption, Voices of young people | Author: Dr Polly Cowan
In this blog post, Dr Polly Cowan, a Practice Manager at Scottish Adoption and Fostering, explains how the organisation’s Young Ambassadors d…
From isolation to belonging - from surviving to thriving, through connection and community
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Melody
In this blog post for Care Experience Week 2024, Melody*, a consultant with lived experience at CELCIS offers her thoughts on this year’s the…
CELCIS's response to the Scottish Government’s Post-School Education and Skills Reform: Consultation on Legislation
Year: 2024 | Topic:
Education | Author: Linda Peat, Michael Bettencourt
CELCIS's response to the Scottish Government’s Post-School Education and Skills Reform: Consultation on Legislation
We must uphold Scotland’s children’s rights
Year: | Topic:
Legislation | Author: Sarah Jayne Morris
Sarah Jayne Morris, a Consultant with lived experience at CELCIS, offers her thoughts on the UNCRC being enshrined in law in Scotland and why…
Education Forum May 2024
Year: 2024 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
At this Education Forum, attendees heard from Emma Mcginlay and Tony Mitchell, from the National Engagement and Partnership Team of Social S…
Learning more about Scotland’s Virtual Schools
Year: | Topic:
Education | Author: Michael Bettencourt and Dr Leanne McIver
For over five years, the role of Virtual School Head Teachers (VSHTs) in Scotland has been evolving and in 2024 is established as a key part …
Survey results on the formal exclusion of care experienced children and young people in Scotland
Year: 2024 | Topic:
Education | Author: Virtual School Head Teachers' Network
The Virtual School Head Teachers' Network, which CELCIS has facilitated since 2019, has published the findings of a survey of local authoriti…
Education Forum February 2024
Year: 2024 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
At this meeting of the Education Forum we learned about a partnership project called the Keeping The Promise Award Programme, which was origi…
Education Forum September 2023
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
For our September Forum meeting, we were delighted to welcome Kyle Fleming, Head of Education, and Eileen McColl, Education Manager, of Erski…
Understanding the experiences of children growing up in kinship care in Scotland
Year: | Topic:
Kinship care | Author: Joanna Soraghan
In this blog post to mark Kinship Care Week 2024, Dr Joanna Soraghan, Data Analyst at CELCIS, the Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care a…
Virtual schools for care-experienced learners in Scotland: Reflections on an emerging concept in a new context
Year: 2024 | Topic:
Education | Author: Leanna McIver and Michael Bettencourt
This paper offers comparison and reflection on the role and function virtual schools in England and Scotland.
What does new research tell us it will take to keep The Promise?
Year: | Topic:
Active implementation | Author: Dr Heather Ottaway
Dr Heather Ottaway, CELCIS’s Head of Evidence and Innovation, and Principal Investigator of the Children’s Services Reform Research study con…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Parliament’s Education, Children and Young People Committee’s inquiry into Additional Support for Learning (ASL)
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Education, Health and Wellbeing, Legislation | Author: Linda O'Neill
CELCIS's response, based on research evidence, practice experience, and feedback from longstanding cross organisational networks, maintains a…
"Nobody spoke those words to me”: Parental experiences of voluntary care arrangements in Scotland
Year: | Topic:
Child protection, Corporate parenting | Author: Dr Robert Porter, Dr Brandi Lee Lough Dennell
In this first of a series of blog posts to highlight findings from research on voluntary care arrangements in Scotland, Dr Robert Porter, Res…
How lived experience of care is helping drive Scotland’s progress towards keeping The Promise
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: David Anderson
David Anderson is the Co-Chair of the Oversight Board, an independent group set up to report on the progress and pace in Scotland as it journ…
National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2023
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Child protection | Author: The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government has updated National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland which was published in 2021.
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s ‘Prescribing the minimum annual number of learning hours: consultation’
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Education, Legislation | Author: Michael Bettencourt
A perspective on the potential impact on care experienced learners and the education workforce of a proposal to prescribe the number of learn…
Education Forum April 2023
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
In the first Education Forum meeting of 2023, Stacey Heather-Brash, Funding Awareness and Engagement Manager from Students Awards Agency Scot…
A response from CELCIS to the Education, Children and Young People Committee’s call for views on the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill, Sections 24 and 25.
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Children's hearings system, Health and Wellbeing, Legislation | Author: Kate MacKinnon
CELCIS has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s Education, Children and Young People Committee’s call for views on the Children (Care and J…
How developing a love of reading is helping support care experienced children and young people in Dumfries and Galloway
Year: | Topic:
Education | Author: Alison Ferla
Alison Ferla is the Principal Teacher of the Care Experienced Education Team in Dumfries and Galloway, which focuses on improving the educati…
A legacy: how personal stories are shaped
Year: | Topic:
Voices of young people | Author: Olivia Khan
How legacy work helps children to document their lives: supporting a young person or child who has had to start again in creating their own l…
Childhood Trauma and the Poignance of Spirit
Year: | Topic:
Voices of young people | Author: Annmarie Campbell
In National Storytelling Week 2023, Annmarie Campbell, member of CELCIS's Strategic Advisory Board, explains what inspired her to turn to wri…
Education Forum October 2022
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
Emerging adulthood: Exploring the implications for Scotland's care experienced young people and those who care for, and support them
How students are helping to shape University-led and peer support for students with care experience
Year: | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Voices of young people | Author: Sam Upton
Sam Upton, President of the Strathclyde Care Experienced & Estranged Students Society, shares her thoughts on the support on offer to student…
Don’t Pity Me! Thinking Differently about Vulnerability
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Education, Health and Wellbeing | Author: David Woodier
Retired teacher, adoptive parent and blogger David Woodier explores the disuse of the word vulnerability and wonders if we need to look a lit…
A Wellbeing Economy: Lifting our gaze for those leaving care
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people, Financial Insecurity | Author: Jimmy Paul
For Challenge Poverty Week 2022, Jimmy Paul, Director at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) Scotland, which works to promote a Wellbeing …
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s Statutory School Uniform Guidance consultation
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Education | Author: Linda O'Neill
CELCIS's response considers the impact and implications of local and national school uniform policies for children and young people with care…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s consultation on Home Education guidance
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Education | Author: Ruth Sills
CELCIS supports the review of existing Home Education guidance. In our consultation response we suggest ways in which the proposed draft coul…
Education Forum June 2022
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
For this CELCIS Education Forum, we were delighted to welcome Pauline Stratford from Skills Development Scotland (SDS), to speak about its r…
Grappling with the implications of The Promise for teaching social work in Scotland
Year: | Topic:
Active implementation, Corporate parenting, Local authority | Author: Autumn Roesch-Marsh, Ruth Emond, Helen Whincup
Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, Professor Ruth Emond and Dr Helen Whincup draw on their experiences in teaching Social Work students to consider how …
Education Forum March 2022
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
The latest CELCIS Education Forum was held online on Wednesday 30 March on the theme of using Scotland's Secure Care Pathway and Standards to…
The Scottish Government’s Promise implementation plan 2022
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Legislation | Author: The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government has produced an implementation plan setting out what it will do to Keep The Promise by 2030. This plan complements Th…
Caring for brothers and sisters: the invisible kinship families
Year: | Topic:
Kinship care, Siblings, Brothers and sisters | Author: Lorna Stabler
As part of Kinship Care Week 2022 Lorna Stabler, a Researcher and PhD student at Cardiff University, writes about being a sibling carer and t…
World Social Work Day 2022: the experiences of social workers during COVID-19
Year: | Topic:
Local authority | Author: Irene Ward and David M Clarke
On this World Social Work Day, two social workers from East Ayrshire Council, in Scotland, share their thoughts and experiences of the impact…
A response from CELCIS to the UK Government consultation on data sharing to support early learning and childcare in Scotland
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Disability, Education, Local authority | Author: Kate Mackinnon and Alexander McTier
This consultation is a response to the UK Government’s Digital Cabinet Office on the draft Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) Reg…
Virtual School Head Teachers in Scotland: Practice Case Studies
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Education | Author: Michael Bettencourt, Kimberley Keenan, Larissa Gordon, Emma Allen, Mary Jane Hunter, Leanne McIver, Gemma Watson, Linda O’Neill
This report provides an insight into the role of Virtual School Head Teachers (VSHTs) and
Care Experienced Teams (CETs) in Scotland through …
A response from CELCIS to Scottish Parliament Education, Children and Young People Committee’s Call for views on the impact of the Scottish Attainment Challenge.
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Education | Author: Linda O’Neill and Michael Bettencourt
CELCIS response to the Education, Children and Young People Committee’s call for views on The Scottish Attainment Challenge. This response fo…
Scotland’s Virtual School Head Teachers’ and Care Experienced Teams’ Network
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
This booklet describes how the roles of the Virtual School Head Teacher's and Care Experienced Teams are developing in Scotland. It also set…
CELCIS Response to Scottish Government Education Reform Consultation
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Education, Health and Wellbeing | Author: Michael Bettencourt
This consultation document provides information and insights on the proposed changes to Education Scotland and the reform of the Scottish Qua…
Education Forum November 2021
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
In this Education Forum meeting Jacqueline Cassidy, Director for Scotland for the the charity Place2Be explained the mission of the charity,…
Language and understanding at ‘the chalkface’
Year: | Topic:
Adoption, Education, Health and Wellbeing | Author: Leanne McIver
This Adoption Week Scotland, Dr Leanne McIver, Research Associate at CELCIS, discusses how greater inclusiveness for adopted children in poli…
CELCIS’s response to the National Care Service Consultation
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Active implementation, Adoption, Child protection, Child sexual exploitation (CSE), Child trafficking, Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Disability, Domestic abuse, Education, Foster care, Health and Wellbeing, Kinship care, Legislation, Local authority, Looked after at home, Neglect, Parental alcohol and/or drug use, Parental mental health, Permanence, Residential care, Secure care, Stigma, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people, COVID | Author: CELCIS
Proposals for a National Care Service in Scotland were published for consultation by the Scottish Government in August 2021.
CELCIS’s respons…
Joining the dots: Virtual School Head Teachers’ and Care Experience Teams’ Network - Summary of 2020-2021 Evaluation Report
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Education | Author: Michael Bettencourt and Dr Leanne McIver
This summary brings together the key findings of the Virtual School Head Teacher’ and Care Experience Teams’ Network 2020-2021 Evaluation Rep…
Joining the dots: Virtual School Head Teachers’ and Care Experience Teams’ Network - 2020-2021 Evaluation Report
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Education | Author: Dr Leanne McIver
This evaluation report brings together the findings of semi-structured interviews carried out in July/August 2021 with members of Scotland’s …
Education Forum - September 2021
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Education, Health and Wellbeing | Author: CELCIS
At our latest Education Forum meeting. We were delighted to welcome Claire O'Hara, Programme Director, and Michael Wield, Programme Co-ordina…
Putting children’s views at the heart of decision making: learning from the Bright Spots programme
Year: | Topic:
Voices of young people | Author: Helen Caldwell
As CELCIS, in partnership with Coram Voice, launches the Bright Spots programme pilot in Scotland, this blog post reflects on the experience …
Education Forum – May 2021
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
At our May 2021 Education Forum meeting we were delighted to welcome four Attainment Advisors from Education Scotland who shared information,…
Finding the confidence to be creative
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Voices of young people | Author: Laura Graham
Ahead of 'Voice & Vision', a celebration of the creative work of young people with care experience, Laura Graham, Senior Evidence and Inf…
Education Forum – March 2021
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
Our first Education Forum meeting of 2021 was held online in March with the theme of ‘Widening Participation and Access to Further and Higher…
CELCIS's commitment to keeping The Promise
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Active implementation, Adoption, Child protection, Child sexual exploitation (CSE), Child trafficking, Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Disability, Domestic abuse, Education, Emotional abuse, Fabricated or Induced Illness in children, Female Genital Mutilation, Foster care, Health and Wellbeing, Historical abuse, International, Kinship care, Legislation, Local authority, Looked after at home, Neglect, Online safety, Parental alcohol and/or drug use, Parental mental health, Permanence, Physical abuse, Residential care, Secure care, Sexual abuse, Stigma, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: CELCIS
Learn more about CELCIS’s response and our offer to work in collaboration with The Promise and those working to support children, young peopl…
The cost of the implementation gap for young people
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people, Financial Insecurity | Author: Megan Sutherland
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 Cou…
‘You can never get enough books into the hands of enough children’
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Education | Author: Kirsty Hill
On World Book Day UK, Kirsty Hill, Regional Director at the Dollywood Foundation UK, discusses why reading for pleasure is crucial for childr…
Our Stories Matter: Telling Truths and Countering Stereotypes this World Book Day
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Voices of young people | Author: Callen James Martin
This World Book Day UK, Callen James Martin, a writer and Submissions Coordinator at The Good Literacy Agency, discusses why it’s important f…
My journey from care leaver to author
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Voices of young people | Author: Kirsty Capes
On World Book Day UK, Kirsty Capes, author of the upcoming novel, ‘Careless’, and marketer at HarperCollins, discusses how her childhood expe…
The role of the Virtual School Head Teacher and Care Experienced Team Network and its members, March 2019 - December 2020
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Education | Author: Leanne McIver
Several local authorities in Scotland have chosen to allocate funding from the Care Experienced Children and Young People Fund towards the es…
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care Vol 20 No1
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Residential care | Author:
This issue of The Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care includes perspectives on the role of informal networks in young people transitio…
Gathering evidence and producing estimates for care experienced pupils during the SQA 2021 exam diet
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Education | Author: Virtual School Head Teacher and Care Experience Team Network
This document has been produced by the Virtual School and Care Experienced Team National Network with the intention of providing supportive, …
Virtual School Head Teacher and Care Experienced Teams' Phone Survey
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Education | Author: Leanne McIver and Linda O’Neill
A phone survey was carried out by the CELCIS Education Team in October 2020 with the members of the Virtual School Head Teacher (VSHT) and Ca…
Exploring the roles and responsibilities of Virtual School Head Teachers and Care Experienced Teams in Scotland
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Education | Author: Sarah Deeley and Linda O’Neill
This paper has been produced as part of a series of discussions undertaken by the Virtual School Head Teacher (VSHT) and Care Experienced Tea…
CELCIS’ Response to the Scottish Government’s Consultation on the Revision of the National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Active implementation, Child protection, Education, Neglect | Author: Ruth Sills, Susan Mitchell, Michael Stewart, Louise Henry, Ruth Sills, Aileen Nicol, Kate Mackinnon
CELCIS have responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the revised national guidance for child protection in Scotland. We welcome…
Digital inclusion as a right leaves me hopeful
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Olivia Khan
Olivia Khan is a Rural Business graduate who worked at the Champions Board in South Ayrshire before moving to Berlin. Olivia stays connected …
Exploring feedback around membership of the Virtual School Head Teacher and Care Experienced Team Network: Discussion findings from a facilitated workshop [Paper Two]
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Education | Author: Sarah Deeley and Linda O’Neill
In October 2020 CELCIS convened and facilitated a virtual workshop with the Virtual School Head Teacher (VSHT) and Care Experienced Team (CET…
Exploring the unique role of the Virtual School Head Teacher or Care Experienced Team in relation to supporting children and families during COVID-19: Discussion findings from a facilitated workshop [Paper One]
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Education | Author: Sarah Deeley and Linda O’Neill
In October 2020 CELCIS convened and facilitated a virtual workshop with the Virtual School Head Teacher (VSHT) and Care Experienced Team (CET…
Children 'get animated' in lockdown
Year: | Topic:
Education, Voices of young people | Author: Nikki Hepburn
Nikki Hepburn, Art teacher at Harmeny Education Trust, is a residential school providing care and education to children aged 5-14 who have ex…
Education Forum - November 2020
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
Resources from the November 2020 meeting of the CELCIS Education Forum.
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care Vol 19 No3
Year: 2020 | Topic:
| Author:
This issue of the Journal brings together a collection of articles on COVID-19. We began a series of special features earlier in the pandemic…
We need to talk about FASD
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Adoption, Health and Wellbeing, Parental alcohol and/or drug use | Author: Barbara Ogston
This Adoption Week Scotland, Barbara Ogston, FASD Advisor in the FASD Hub Scotland, managed by Adoption UK, who is an adoptive parent, discus…
Information about the Care Experienced Students Bursary
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Education | Author: Hub for Success
Here are the answers to some commonly asked questions about the Care Experienced Students Bursary (CESB) and higher education and further ed…
An evaluation of the We are Citizens! Ensemble care experienced theatre company project
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Education, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Dr Louise Hill, Dr Leanne McIver & Dr Brandi Lee Lough Dennell
In 2018 the Citizens Theatre, in partnership with CELCIS, was awarded funding from the Life Changes Trust’s Creative and Active Lives initiat…
We can and must do more to provide food security for all
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Financial Insecurity | Author: Paul Sullivan
On World Food Day 2020, Paul Sullivan, Sector Engagement Lead at CELCIS, reflects on some of the existing food insecurities affecting familie…
CELCIS response to call for views on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Active implementation, Education, International, Legislation, Local authority, Voices of young people | Author: Kate MacKinnon, Paul Sullivan, Rosie Moore, Elaine Adams, Miriana Giraldi, Kirsty Deacon
CELCIS strongly supports this progressive approach to promote systemic change through legislation for the promotion of children’s rights thro…
Ensuring there is choice in financial help
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing | Author: Mhairi Reid
For Challenge Poverty Week 2020, this blog post from Mhairi Reid on behalf of the Life Changes Trust and their Advisory Group, takes a look a…
SIRCC 2020 Online | The Extraordinary Ordinary
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Residential care, SIRCC, Voices of young people | Author: CELCIS
We asked the residential community what the extraordinary ordinary has meant to them in recent months. Find out what they said.
Securing better futures
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Secure care | Author: Paul Sullivan
October 8, 2020 marks a very important moment for children and young people who experience secure care. That’s because it’s the day that the …
Under the spotlight of COVID-19: Real change is possible
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Active implementation, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Permanence | Author: Claire Burns
Claire Burns, Director of CELCIS (Acting), takes a moment to consider how much we have learned that we didn’t know before the COVID-19; how t…
COVID-19 – An opportunity to connect with time
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Residential care | Author: Elaine Hamilton
Elaine Hamilton, Service Manager at Nether Johnstone House describes how lockdown due to the current emergency health crisis has changed the …
CELCIS response to the Scottish Parliament's Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee consultation on the economic impact of COVID-19 on young people
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Voices of young people | Author:
Although the impact of COVID-19 will be felt by many, evidence suggests that young people will be disproportionately impacted by the effects …
Bridging the digital divide for care experienced young people in Scotland: If not now, when?
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Education, Health and Wellbeing | Author: Kenny McGhee and Dr. Autumn Roesch-Marsh
This report has been produced by CELCIS and the University of Edinburgh and investigates how Scotland’s care leavers have been affected by di…
Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Skills Committee’s Inquiry into support for vulnerable children during the Coronavirus outbreak’
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Education, Foster care, Health and Wellbeing, Kinship care, Legislation, Local authority, Looked after at home, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Linda O'Neill
The Scottish Parliament's Education and Skills Committee is seeking information around the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on vulnerable c…
The Care Experienced Student Bursary – helping to change lives in East Renfrewshire
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Foster care, Local authority, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Katie Matthews
How the Care Experienced Bursary is making a difference in the lives of care experienced young people.
CELCIS response to the Scottish Government’s Consultation on The Youth Justice Standards
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Secure care | Author: Kate Mackinnon
Our response highlights the need for children aged 16-17 to access child friendly justice responses, and for the rights of children as ascert…
‘Supervision in Education – Healthier Schools For All’ - Barnardo’s Scotland
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Education, Health and Wellbeing | Author: Barnardo's Scotland
Barnardo's Scotland has published a new report 'Supervision in Education - Healthier Schools for All', which calls for better emotional and m…
WAC ensemble member Chloe talks about Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles?
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Education, Voices of young people | Author: Chloe
First published by Citizens Theatre, 30 January 2020.
Independent Care Review reports
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Active implementation, Adoption, Child protection, Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Education, Foster care, Health and Wellbeing, Kinship care, Legislation, Local authority, Looked after at home, Neglect, Permanence, Residential care, Stigma, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Independent Care Review
Scotland’s Independent Care Review published its findings and recommendations,
Education Forum - November 2019
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
Resources from the November 2019 meeting of the CELCIS Education Forum.
Considered but timely decision making is vital for children
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Adoption | Author: Stephen Small
Stephen Small explains how the voluntary adoption and fostering agency has worked with West Lothian Council to deliver a concurrent planning …
Scotland - Jersey Participation Project
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author:
Information from a recent Scottish delegation of care experienced adults who travelled to Jersey to work alongside their counterparts.
Looked After children and young people and rights to education: Accessing the right to Coordinated Support Plans
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Education | Author: Nick Hobbs
This article was first published by The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland on 23 October 2019
CELCIS response to Scottish Funding Council’s Consultation on the Widening Access and Retention Fund
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Education | Author: Linda O'Neill
The Scottish Funding Council are reviewing the best use of the Widening Access and Retention Fund in higher education. We consider changes wh…
An Ayrshire school where care experienced young people’s views are taken seriously
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Voices of young people | Author: Dawn Parker
South Ayrshire CHAMPS Board is working in partnership with Belmont Academy in Ayr to bring care experienced young people together and support…
How can it be that ‘being a student with care experience is very daunting’ and ‘…..supportive, inclusive, diverse and fun… a joy actually’?
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Education, Voices of young people | Author: Linda O'Neill
Why is there such a dichotomy in these two direct accounts from students with care experience? What makes the experience daunting? What makes…
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