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Response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the ‘Future of Foster Care’
We strongly support a flexible and evolving approach to foster care, which will ensure that all children get the safety, security and love that they n…
Response by CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s consultation on developing a universal definition of ‘care experience’
Our response is underpinned by research evidence, practice experience, and extensive insight and intelligence from people with lived experience and fr…
Blog
My port in a storm – the relationship that helped to shape who I am today
In this blog post for Care Day 2025, Beth-Anne McDowall, a CELCIS Consultant with lived experience, discusses the power of long-lasting relationships …
Working together to strengthen practice in residential child care: Key learning from our change journey
In the final post in this series, Marc Blyth, Lead Learning Co-ordinator at Aberlour Children's Charity Sycamore Residential Service, which provides r…
Spotlight
PACE Quality improvement homepage
Quality Improvement methodology has been proven to enable real and positive change, and was therefore selected by the Scottish Government to be used i…
My journey from care leaver to author
On World Book Day UK, Kirsty Capes, author of the upcoming novel, ‘Careless’, and marketer at HarperCollins, discusses how her childhood experience in…