Who Cares? Scotland is calling for the Scottish Human Rights Bill to include an equality provision which names and explicitly protects Care Experienced people, and a Human Rights Scheme which states that there should be independent advocacy for people whose rights are most at risk, specifying Care Experienced people.
Carmel, who grew up in kinship care and has been a member of Who Cares? Scotland for many years, will now take up the role of Chair following a robust internal recruitment process.
Two members of the NRB Marissa and Amie went to Manchester to attend a two-day conference which explored the emotions and experiences in the history of care. Here Marissa shares what the Compassion and Care conference was like.
In May, our members were invited to take part in our media club. They were offered a copy of ‘Ginger and Me’ by Elissa Soave to read before joining a Q&A session online with the author. Check out what they thought of the book here.
This response provides comment on the Scottish Government’s review of the National Outcomes.
In this week’s care-related news: stories from I’m A Celeb’s Fatima Whitbread talks about her experience of living in a Children’s Home & a story about the importance of adopted children knowing their origin and more.
Our 2022 annual report celebrates the progress made since 2018, looks at our advocacy data from the last year, and includes feedback from the Care Experienced people we support using our new framework.
Our 2022 annual report celebrates the progress made since 2018, looks at our advocacy data from the last year, and includes feedback from the Care Experienced people we support using our new framework.
Take a look at the care related news highlights from the past week, including an article about a group of Care Experienced people from Bristol who have won a national music award and a opinion piece from Fulton MacGregor about Scotland Keeping the Promise.
Marissa, a member of Who Cares? Scotland, is currently in her final year studying Community Development. Her dissertation topic is looking into shared identity of Care Experienced people.
