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Hearings System Working Group Redesign Report: Children and families have talked. The ‘system’ has listened.
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Next week, The Hearings System Working Group publishes its recommendations for redesigning The Children's Hearings System. In this blog, Fi McFarlane outlines how they arrived at them.
Learning Disability Week 2023: Leadership, care experience, and the promise
Thursday, 04 May 2023
RSA Fellow Leeanne Clark writes on how her lived experience of care and of learning disability have informed her own leadership abilities.
The stories stats can tell: Publication of Children’s Social Work Statistics
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Head of Insights Claire Stuart blogs on the Children's Social Work Statistics for 2022, which were published by the Scottish Government today.
What’s come before, what’s still to do— Thomas Carlton writes for #SiblingsDay
Monday, 10 April 2023
On Siblings Day, Thomas Carlton reflects on the work which has been done - and needs to be - for Scotland's promise to be kept to brothers and sisters.
New Head of Support at The Promise Scotland
Tuesday, 07 March 2023
The Promise Scotland has appointed Alison Sutherland as its new Head of Support.
Doing Data Differently in South Ayrshire
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Dawn Parker of South Ayrshire Council blogs on her experiences working on the early stages of the Promise Data Map— and on the benefits that it's brought.
The Tending the Light Festival: Putting young people at the centre on Care Day
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
How the Tending the Light Festival acts as an example to communities keeping the promise— both in the north of Scotland and beyond.
Statement on Resignation of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Statement from The Promise Scotland, Promise Oversight Board and Fiona Duncan, Independent Strategic Advisor and Promise Scotland Chair.
Lots Done, Still Lots to Do: The Independent Care Review three years on
Monday, 06 February 2023
Three years on from the publication of The Independent Care Review, Fi McFarlane writes on what's been done— and what's still to do.
Fiona Duncan’s Keynote Address at the Wealth of Nations 2.0 Conference
Friday, 25 November 2022
Read the full text of Fiona Duncan's Keynote Address to the Conference, which focused on how Scotland can build towards a wellbeing economy.