Scotland made a promise to care experienced
children and young people:

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You will grow up loved, safe and respected.
And by 2030, that promise must be kept.

How was the promise made?

Scotland made its promise following the Independent Care Review in 2020.

Who supports Scotland to keep it?

The Promise Scotland supports people and organisations across Scotland to keep the promise.

And who makes sure it's kept?

The Oversight Board check if enough's happening to #KeepThePromise.


The Oversight Board monitors whether the promise is being kept.

You can now find their work and reports on their own dedicated website.

Visit The Oversight Board's website.

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2025 is the halfway point for the promise.

More needs to happen, and the pace of change needs to increase.

But it’s still true that a lot of work has been done— nationally, and in local authorities across Scotland.

Some highlights of that work are collected in the pages below.

 

Find out about some of what's been done.

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Plan 24-30

Plan 24-30 is a dynamic plan of action that sets out who needs to do what by when to #KeepThePromise by 2030.

With its development led by the Independent Strategic Advisor for the promise, it’s Scotland’s plan for change— which belongs to everyone.

 

Access Plan 24-30 on its dedicated website.

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Promise Design Tools

The Promise Design Tools help the people who work in services work together with the people who use them.

Through collaborating and sharing what they know, they can understand and solve the complex problems they face around the promise.

Find out more about the Promise Design Tools.

Newsletter

The Promise Scotland sends out an online newsletter which highlights:

  • the latest news from The Promise Scotland,
  • The Promise Scotland’s work as it supports efforts to #KeepThePromise,
  • stories of change taking place across Scotland as work to #KeepThePromise takes place.

 

Opt into the newsletter here.

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The Independent Strategic Advisor's blogs on Plan 24-30 have been moved to the Plan 24-30 website.

Visit Plan 24-30's dedicated website to read them and keep up with the Plan's latest news.

Latest news

2025: Midway to keeping the promise

10 February 2025


2025 marks the halfway point from when the promise was made, to when it needs to be kept.

A Network of Promise Keepers: Renfrewshire's Story of Change

6 February 2025


Highlights from Renfrewshire's journey to keep the promise, including the establishment of its network of Promise Keepers.

Latest stories of change

Care Inspectorate: Embedding Voice in Practice
Monday, 18 December 2023

The Care Inspectorate is working to embed the voices of people who use services in all of their inspection and regulation work.

intandem: Building Trusted Relationships
Wednesday, 15 November 2023

intandem's community-based mentoring is built around providing trusted relationships.

Scottish Children's Reporter Administration: Giving Children a Voice in Scheduling
Thursday, 26 October 2023

SCRA is testing a Child Friendly Scheduling project, with five different tests of change taking place across the country.