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One of several reports produced as part of the Scottish Independent Care Review, The Plan outlines how to implement the changes recommended in The Promise. The Promise has come out of a programme of work that involved listening carefully to over 5,500 experiences with over half of those voices belonging to care…
One of several reports produced as part of the Scottish Independent Care Review, The Pinky Promise presents a young reader-friendly version of The Promise report, which sets out an overall view of what the new approach to children's care in Scotland should be.
The Care Review heard that Scotland needs to change how…
One of several reports produced as part of the Scottish Independent Care Review, The Promise sets out an overall view of what the new approach to children's care in Scotland should be. Everything in The Promise, and the other Care Review reports, reflects what the Care Review heard. "This Promise reflects what 5,500 babies, infants, children, young people and adults told the Care Review in the hope that Scotland is listening."
The Promise is built…
The Independent Care Review’s aim is to identify and deliver lasting change in Scotland’s care system and leave a legacy that will transform the wellbeing of infants, children and young people.
In October 2016, after meeting with and listening to children and young people in care, Scotland’s First Minister announced “an independent, root and branch review of the care system” to look at “the underpinning legislation, practices, culture and ethos”.
The Independent Care Review began its work in February 2017 and by November of the same year it was agreed that the Care Review would take up…
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This guidance aims to raise awareness of the importance of children and young people in alternative care settings being able to make, influence and participate in decisions about their own lives, and other matters affecting them. It emanates from the Involved by Right European project 2011-13, funded by the European Commission’s Daphne III programme.
Involved by Right was a partnership between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) in England, Helsingborg local authority in Sweden and the local Social Health Unit in Bassano del Grappa, Italy, as well as…
The Millennium Development Goals will come to an end in 2015 and discussions are currently taking place on what framework will replace them. Children's participation is crucial to these discussions. Between July 2012 and March 2013, members of Family for Every Child consulted with children living in seven different countries. This report summarizes the main findings that emerged from these consultations and incorporates the views of almost 600 children between the ages of 8 and 17 in Brazil, Ghana, Guyana, India, Kenya, Malawi and…
This publication by SOS Children’s Villages International brings together research findings, learning and policy recommendations about sibling relations in alternative care gathered from the experiences of five different SOS Children’s Villages associations. The SOS Children’s Villages associations in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, and Spain worked together to develop the content of this publication, in cooperation with external experts and academic institutions. The overall purpose of the report is to draw attention to the importance of sibling…