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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.
Scottish Government seeking views on raising the minimum age of marriage
29 December 2025
A consultation on potential reform to various aspects of family law has been announced by the Scottish Government (29 December),…
New support for children in care and care leavers in England announced by the UK Government
23 December 2025
A new package of measures to improve support for care experienced children and young people, including free access to paid-for …
Revisioning kinship care for children in Scotland
22 December 2025
A working draft of a vision for kinship care in Scotland has been published (22 December) by the Scottish Government and is now …
Understanding Scotland’s progress on children’s social care
19 December 2025
The Promise Scotland has (19 December) published updates to ‘Plan 24-30 route maps’ which outline how Scotland intends to keep T…
Innovative project increases the visibility of disabled children in Scotland’s statistics
16 December 2025
A pioneering project led by CELCIS, in partnership with Scotland’s National Joint Investigative Interviewing Project Team, has d…
People trying to access their care records are being let down, the UK’s Information Commissioner warns
09 December 2025
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) today (9 December) has warned that people trying to access their care records a…
National review of responses to group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation to be undertaken in Scotland
03 December 2025
The Scottish Government has announced (3 December) that a national review of responses to group-based child sexual abuse and exp…
Fostering and adoption statistics for Scotland 2024-2025
29 October 2025
Scotland’s national fostering and adoption statistics for 2024-25 have been published (29 October) by the Care Inspectorate, the…