About us
We are CELCIS, the Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection, based at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
We are a leading improvement, innovation and research centre for children and young people’s support, care and protection.
We improve children’s lives by supporting people and organisations to drive long-lasting change in the services they need, and the practices used by people responsible for their care.
Our vision
Our vision is for all children, young people and families who need support, care and protection to have the help they need to navigate life and to thrive.
Working alongside the people and organisations responsible for supporting, caring for and protecting children and families, we bring together evidence, lived experience and practical insight to facilitate and enable change, support the implementation of policy into practice, and drive meaningful and lasting improvement. By listening to and learning from the experiences of children, young people, families, carers and the workforce, we help shape the systems, services and practices that improve lives and realise children's rights.
- We challenge inequality; we believe the pressures which families and the workforce face because of poverty should not be inevitable.
- We bridge the gap between the reality of what children and young people, families and carers experience and what they need to flourish.
- We push for cultural changes and systems that work with and for them - not against them.
- We turn knowledge and evidence into action, ensuring decisions are rooted in what matters to children and their families and what truly makes a difference.