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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.
First observatory of children’s human rights launched in Scotland
28 February 2020
Scotland’s first national observatory of children’s rights launched in Edinburgh (28 February). The Observatory of Children’s Hu…
Call for better emotional and mental health support for education professionals - Barnardo's Scotland
17 February 2020
Barnardo's Scotland has published a new report, ‘Supervision in Education – Healthier Schools For All’, which calls for better e…
CELCIS – Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection - statement on the conclusions and recommendations of the Independent Care Review
05 February 2020
CELCIS response to the publication of the conclusions and recommendations of the Independent Care Review.
Groundbreaking Independent Review of the Care of Children in Scotland calls for a radical overhaul of Scotland’s care system
05 February 2020
Scotland’s Independent Care Review has published its findings and recommendations.
Dramatic impact of mentoring programme
28 January 2020
The impact of the MCR Pathways’ mentoring programme on Scotland’s care-experienced young people.
Changes to how child witnesses give evidence comes into force
24 January 2020
New legislation has come into force in Scotland (20 January) which ensures that vulnerable child witnesses in serious criminal c…
Expert Group report on preventing harmful sexual behaviour
23 January 2020
The Expert Group on Preventing Sexual Offending Involving Children and Young People has today (23 January) published a report on…
Calls for more support for the mental health needs of care experienced children and young people
17 January 2020
Call for more to be done on mental and emotional health services as deaths of care experienced children and young people are rep…