Edinburgh Fringe Review: Cassie and the Lights
Our Communications Support Officer, Damien Mack visited the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the first time and wrote a review of theatre show, Cassie and the Lights.
Digital Wellbeing Report – July 2022
As part of our Annual Participation Programme we created a Digital Wellbeing Group. This report documents our analysis phase of the project, and the groups next steps will be using the information gathered from the care community’s lived experience and views on online safety, digital rights, and relationships online to co-design influencing and information outputs. These will be used to inform and support our wider membership,
Corporate Parents, and professionals around Digital Wellbeing directly
from the community’s lived experience.
Finding Family After Care
As part of Pride 2022 Kasmira Kincaid talks about leaving Care and finding family within the LGBTQ+ community.
Response to the Scottish Government Children’s Care and Justice Bill Consultation on Policy Proposals, June 2022
This response provides comment on proposals from the Scottish Government for a new Care and Justice Bill. This is an important opportunity to create policy reform to improve the youth justice and care systems in Scotland.
Paving the Way – Care Experienced People’s Views on the Scottish Government’s Plan to Keep The Promise
In response to the publication of the Scottish Government’s report ‘Keeping the Promise to our Children, Young People, and Families’ in March 2022, Who Cares Scotland facilitated an engagement event for Care Experienced people called ‘The Promise and You’ on 18th June 2022. This report details the findings and recommendations from the conversations and feedback we received from Care Experienced people.
‘Believe in Us’ Care Experienced Parents Report – June 2022
As part of our Annual Participation Programme we provided Care Experienced parents the opportunity to tell us about their experiences. From views shared with us about the changes
Care Experienced parents want to see, we have shaped recommendations alongside our National Representative Body.
Sharing the Untold Stories of Care
WC?S announces the return of Care Experienced History Month for 2022, focusing on a lecture series about the Untold Stories of Care.
First Minister Steps up for Care Experienced People
First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon joins us at the Glasgow Kiltwalk in 2022.
What Tracy Beaker Means to Us
Kenny Murray talks about creating the “Who Are We?” project to shape the future of Tracy Beaker.
Help Design New Sexual Health Guidance for the NHS
Who Cares? Scotland team up with the NHS to create new resources about sexual health.