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Date: 12th March 2024
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care, General principles
RSM UK is currently undertaking research for the Scottish Government with the Institute for Social Policy, Housing, Equalities research at Heriot-Watt University (I-SPHERE). They are keen to speak with people who have lived experience of hidden homelessness, either currently or historically.
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Date: 28th March 2023
Category:
Respect for the views of the child, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Children and young people aged eight to 25 are invited to share their views to help CELCIS understand how voluntary care arrangements are used, understood and experienced.
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Date: 8th March 2023
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
Do you teach or support children & young people from armed forces and veteran families? The Forces Life Board Game and Comic Book provides an opportunity for educators & professionals to enhance their continual professional development (CPD) by learning more about unique challenges faced by this group of young people when it comes to education and learning, mental health and wellbeing and much more.
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Date: 17th January 2023
Category:
Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care
Read on to find out about current funding opportunities for students and applicants with Care Experience.
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Date: 9th June 2022
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
Discover the experience and reflections of university students who experienced the break-up of their parents’ relationship during their childhood. A key discovery gives light to the lack of support available to young people struggling with their new arrangements post-separation.
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Date: 2nd February 2022
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
Do you know anyone aged eight to 18 who has experience of the Children’s Hearing System in Scotland and has ideas of how it can be improved? If yes, then get in touch!
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Date: 17th September 2021
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
Over a two-day period, the Committee on the Rights of the Child discussed children’s rights in alternative care. A number of Together’s members made contributions to the discussion to further the Committee’s understanding of alternative care in Scotland.
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Date: 8th July 2021
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
The report 2021 calls for a six-point plan to improve the life chances of adopted young people. Now in its third year, the barometer is the only comprehensive assessment of the lives of adoptive families across the UK, as well as the policies that govern adoption.
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Date: 8th July 2021
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland (CYPCS) has submitted a report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child ahead of 2021’s Day of General Discussion on Alternative Care. The submission focuses on the challenges to human rights faced by care-experienced children and young people and those at risk of entering care in Scotland.
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Date: 8th July 2021
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
By hearing the voices of care experienced children and young people, local authorities can inform their service provision and make changes where children and young people say it is needed. Care experienced children and young people are asked to take part in two surveys to share their views: ‘Your Life, Your Care’, and ‘Your Life Beyond Care’. Both surveys are part of the ‘Bright Spots’ programme.
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Date: 28th May 2021
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
The Strategy includes fifteen actions, covering: membership, policy, representation and influencing, workforce, learning and quality, children and families and value of childminding.
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Date: 28th May 2021
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
CELCIS wants to identify and create ways to improve children and young people’s experiences when taking part in a hearing. To do this, the Voice and Inclusion Project has been set up for children and young people with care experience to come together to work with CELCIS to share their ideas. If you know a child or a young person aged 12-26 who would like to get involved, get in touch with CELCIS today!
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Date: 13th May 2021
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
Clan Childlaw wants to know: What kind of training and resources would support you to protect the rights of care-experienced children and young people in a pandemic?
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Date: 23rd April 2021
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
The Promise Scotland will publish its Change Programme by the end of May, but in the meantime, the organisation is asking for your input to ensure Change Programme ONE creates a transformative change.
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Date: 8th April 2021
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
Following on from the Independent Care Review, ‘The Plan’ sets out key areas organisations must focus on to create a Scotland where the most vulnerable children feel loved, respected, listened to and heard in decisions that affect them.
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Date: 8th April 2021
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
Take part in first ever International Care Experienced Day of Remembrance, on 30th April 2021 as part of Care Experienced History Month.
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Date: 8th April 2021
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
Introduce children and young people to different types of care today and explore the history of Care Experienced people using these lesson plans. These plans are accompanied by teacher support packs to help facilitate conversations and to provide details of support available to children with Care Experience.
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Date: 26th March 2021
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
Care experienced children and/or those with experience of the child protection system are encouraged to feed into the next Day of General Discussion 2021 which is on the theme of Children’s Rights and Alternative Care.
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Date: 26th March 2021
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
Closing date: 12th July 2021
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Date: 25th March 2021
Category:
Family Environment and Alternative Care
The report shares views and experiences of the organisation’s Care Experienced membership in relation to the pandemic.
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