We’ve been at the centre of empowering Care Experienced people to use their voices since 1978. Throughout this time, we have grown, learnt, and understood how to campaign more effectively and what support for that looks like.
Care Experienced people have always spoken up and campaigned for change. Across centuries this has taken many different forms, but one thing holds true, the power of the voices of those with experience of care has driven change.
This programme is a commitment from us to help the care community learn vital campaigning, activism, and public speaking skills. You will make connections with other influential Care Experienced people and have the opportunity to drive change together.
Training will take place over three weekends during the year, with the opportunity for further learning on an ad hoc basis.
We’re bringing back our training programme to empower Care Experienced people to use their voices to bring about change. Previous members of these training programmes have gone on to become co-chairs of the independent care review, members of the Scottish Youth Parliament and hold other influential roles in Scottish civic society.
We’re looking for Care Experienced people aged 16 and over who are interested in using their voices to create change.
The qualities you will have are:
You will commit to attending three weekend training sessions a year. These will provisionally be held on:
Opportunities beyond the training will be optional and could take up to 4 hours max of your time per week.
You can apply by filling in our online application form here. This usually takes about 15 minutes.
If you have any questions or problems with the form, you can ask for help from any member of staff at Who Cares? Scotland or from the Policy & Public Affairs team at policy@whocaresscotland.org.
If you need to access this information or any of the application forms in a more accessible format, please contact comms@whocaresscotland.org.
