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Our news helps everyone working with and for children in need of care and protection, their families and carers, and with care leavers, to keep up to speed with what's going on in the sector, here in Scotland, and further afield.
New research into kinship care in Scotland and Ireland
25 October 2019
Researchers at CELCIS and the University of Dublin have published a new comparative study on the emergence of formal kinship car…
The Right to Relationships for all care experienced young people
22 October 2019
The Why Not? community is campaigning for the Right to Relationships for all care experienced young people.
Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill backed by the Scottish Parliament
03 October 2019
The Scottish Government has today (3 October) voted in favour of the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill, w…
Information sharing proposals dropped and named person provisions repealed
19 September 2019
In a statement to the Scottish Parliament, Deputy First Minister John Swinney also announced that the mandatory named person sch…
CELCIS welcomes action in Scotland’s Government programme to meet the rights and needs of children and families
03 September 2019
The Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2019/20 demonstrates a clear commitment and a number of important measures th…