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New National Practice Guidance to support the rights of care experienced children and their brothers and sisters in Scotland
Founding Director of CELCIS to take up new role
New pilot project launched to help local authorities better understand children and young people’s experience of care in Scotland
Resources
Staying Together and Connected: Getting it Right for Sisters and Brothers National Practice Guidance
The digital divide| The impact on the rights of care leavers in Scotland
Experiences of virtual Children’s Hearings captured in new consultation
Blog
Staying Together and Connected: Getting it right for sisters and brothers National Practice Guidance
Aileen Nicol, Head of Improving Protection and Permanence at Celcis, a member of Stand Up For Siblings, has written a blog about the new National Practice…
Putting children’s views at the heart of decision making: learning from the Bright Spots programme
As CELCIS, in partnership with Coram Voice, launches the Bright Spots programme pilot in Scotland, this blog post reflects on the experience of one local…
Holding / Holding on: Experiencing care in contemporary Scotland
Ahead of the screening of Holding / Holding On, part of a project investigating the impact that the arts can make within a care context across Scotland, we…