Jasmin Calls for Consistency in Care Support
Jasmin Pilling, a Care Experienced member, petitioned the Scottish Parliament to provide truly lifelong support for all Care Experienced people.
EuroPC Sponsors our Harvard Summer School Scholarship
EuroPC, tech refurbishment experts, have sponsored our Harvard Summer School Scholarship 2022 with the donation of a laptop for one of our students.
Children’s Experiences of State Removal from their Families in the Late Nineteenth Century
Annie Skinner explores the experiences of Care Experienced people in Waifs and Strays Society (WSS) (now The Children’s Society) during the 19th century.
The Edinburgh Orphan Hospital
Find out how Edinburgh Waverly train station and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art were the sites of The Orphan Hospital.
Winning care-leaving rights and extending the age of leaving care
Read the story of how Care Experienced People influenced the Scottish Parliament to change the law in 2014.
The HMS Mars
Between 1869 and 1929, over six and a half thousand boys aged between 10 and 16 years old were sent to live on-board the HMS Mars, a ‘training ship’ and ‘industrial school’ moored near Dundee.
Care Experienced History Month Lesson Plan Teacher Support Pack
This pack provides guides and information on how to discuss the content of the lesson and any conversations that may arise from it.
It also includes organisations you may wish to signpost the young people to.
Care Experienced History Month Scottish Lesson Plan
Download our Scottish lesson plans suitable for Personal and Social Education classes. The lesson are tailored for different age groups (11-15 year olds and 16-18 year olds).
LOVE, not judgement!
Written by Peter Melrose for Care Experienced History Month Australia.
Re-writing Wrongs: Remembering a True Friend
Written by David Anderson as part of the Re-writing Wrong series.