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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.
Good Practice Note guides local authorities through Council Tax exemptions for Care Leavers
23 October 2018
Practice Note published to help local authorities implement recent changes in law, giving young care leavers exemption from coun…
Why Not? receives charitable status
22 October 2018
A ground breaking project by the social care organisation, Care Visions, has received charitable status.
New report expresses concern over the number of babies at risk of ‘severe harm’
17 October 2018
The Children’s Commissioner’s Office for England published a report which examines the number of children living at home who are…
25 Calls to change children’s lives for the better
11 October 2018
Children in Scotland is celebrating its 25th year creating a plan of action surrounding children’s rights and equality.
New report shows number of newborns taken into care in England
10 October 2018
A new study published has reported that the likelihood of newborn babies being involved in care proceedings has increased.