Damien Mack, Author at Who Cares? Scotland

Global Reading List

An academic global reading list on Care Experienced history with books and articles focussing on a specific countries, time periods and moments in the history of care

The Weekly News Roundup – 20/03/2023

NewsBy Damien Mack 20 March 2023

Take a look at the care related news highlights from the past week, including the increase for the Care Experienced Student Bursary and a Black couple who are highlighting the racial disparities in the child welfare system in the US after their children were removed after a traffic stop.

The Weekly News Roundup – 27/02/2023

NewsBy Damien Mack 27 February 2023

Look back at last week’s care-related news including a new campaign in Manchester to educate foster carers on how to work with afro/textured hair, and Fiona Duncan’s call for the new First Minister to reaffirm commitment to the Promise.

Campaigners Celebrated at the Carelidh

Care DayBy Damien Mack 22 February 2023

A look back at how we celebrated #CareDay23

The Weekly News Roundup – 30/01/2023

NewsBy Damien Mack 30 January 2023

Catch up with last week’s care-related news, all in one place on our website. In this week’s news a Minister admits that 200 asylum seeking children have gone missing in the UK and teachers in Connecticut help Care Experienced amputee and adopt him.

Introduction to Care Experience Lesson Plan

Lesson PlanBy Damien Mack 17 November 2022

Through our Communities that Care projected we have created a lesson plan and teaching guide to help teachers discuss Care Experience.

Who Cares? Scotland Achieves Volunteer Accreditation

VolunteeringBy Damien Mack 2 September 2022

We are thrilled to announce that Who Cares? Scotland had been awarded the Investing in Volunteers (IiV) accreditation.

Untold Stories Lecture: David Anderson – Scottish Care History: An Untold Story

VideoBy Damien Mack 30 April 2022

Intended to herald in a new era of childcare, the Kilbrandon report saw Scotland make a number of changes to the care system. Changes in one area involved thousands of children and young people yet is rarely mentioned. Their experiences disappearing into the void of care file storage. Despite little research until now, David Anderson shines a light on a under-explored period of Scotland’s history.

Untold Stories Lecture: Robin Sen – Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority Young People and the UK Care System

VideoBy Damien Mack 30 April 2022

Drawing on published memoirs, published accounts of the Black and In Care Group and an overview of debates in the 2000s about ‘transracial’ adoption this lecture seeks to give prominence to issues of ‘race’ and ‘ethnicity’ within the modern history of the UK care system.

Untold Stories Lecture: Mike Stein – A History from Below, The Rights Movement of Young People in Care in England

VideoBy Damien Mack 30 April 2022

This lecture tells the story of the different groups that made up the beginning of the movement for change in the 1970’s, including the Leeds Ad-Lib group, Who Cares?, the National Association of Young People in Care, Black and In Care and A National Voice.

Global Reading List

The Weekly News Roundup – 20/03/2023

The Weekly News Roundup – 27/02/2023

Campaigners Celebrated at the Carelidh

The Weekly News Roundup – 30/01/2023

Introduction to Care Experience Lesson Plan

Who Cares? Scotland Achieves Volunteer Accreditation

Untold Stories Lecture: David Anderson – Scottish Care History: An Untold Story

Untold Stories Lecture: Robin Sen – Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority Young People and the UK Care System

Untold Stories Lecture: Mike Stein – A History from Below, The Rights Movement of Young People in Care in England

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