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Our news helps everyone working with and for children in need of care and protection, their families and carers, and with care leavers, to keep up to speed with what's going on in the sector, here in Scotland, and further afield.
New legislation introduced in Scotland to support children with care experience
18 June 2025
The Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill which aims to improve services and support for childr…
Care experienced children struggling to access right to education in Scotland
16 June 2025
A new report commissioned by the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, Nicola Killean, has highlighted significant …
UK Government Publishes National Audit into Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
16 June 2025
A National Audit into Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (‘grooming gangs’) in England and Wales has been published…
CELCIS sets out next chapter for achieving change for children and young people’
09 June 2025
A new five-year strategy outlining CELCIS’s strategic approach to responding to the needs of children and young people in need o…
Ten years of impact for care experienced learners celebrated with launch of new national job profile for Virtual School Head Teachers
05 June 2025
Scotland’s Virtual School Head Teachers are today (5 June) marking ten years of positive impact for care experienced children an…
New national campaign to find more foster carers launched
12 May 2025
The Scottish Government has today (12 May) launched a new national campaign - Ordinary can be extraordinary for a child in foste…
Latest statistics published on children in care in Scotland
22 April 2025
The Scottish Government has today (22 April) published the latest official annual Children's Social Work Statistics for Scotland…
Latest child protection statistics for Scotland published
26 March 2025
The Scottish Government has today (26 March 2024) published the latest official annual Children's Social Work Statistics for Sco…