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Spotlight Session: Share Foundation (Slides)
Presentations
Slides from this Spotlight Session.
Freedom of Information request response: 5 March 2025
Freedom of Information response
Freedom of Information request response from The Promise Scotland.
Joint letter: Statutory framework on restraint
Correspondence
Letter from SHRC, CYPCS, EHRC Scotland and The Promise Scotland to Scottish Ministers, calling for a coherent statutory framework on restraint and seclusion.
The Promise Scotland's response to the Scottish Government's consultation on foster care.
The Promise Scotland's response to the Scottish Government's consultation on a legal definition of "care experience."
Promise Scotland Newsletter: January 2025
Newsletter
January 2025's newsletter from The Promise Scotland.
Voice Online Session: Creative Engagement in Practice
Learning Collaborative resource
Slides from this online session with ARTiculate Cultural Trust.
A contribution to wider debate. Recommendations for change to inform the Scottish Government's commitment to scope a new holistic framework for governance and accountability.
Facilitator Pack used for the 100 Days of Listening, as part of the Moving On Change Programme.
This poster from Barnardo’s Scotland highlights some of the steps they’ve taken to embed the promise.
Voice Online Session: Transitions
Learning Collaborative resource
Slides from this online session with Scottish Government and the Hub for Success.
December 2024 World Café: Meaningful and creative engagement
Learning Collaborative resource
Issues raised around meaningful and creative engagement at December 2024’s Learning Collaborative on Voice.
December 2024 World Café: Impacting change and having influence
Learning Collaborative resource
Issues raised around impacting change and having influence during discussions at December 2024’s Learning Collaborative on Voice.
December 2024 World Café: Ensuring representation
Learning Collaborative resource
Issues raised around ensuring representation during discussions at December 2024’s Learning Collaborative on Voice.
December 2024 Voice Collaborative: Presentations
Learning Collaborative resource
Presentations from December 2024’s Learning Collaborative on Voice.
December 2024 Voice Collaborative: Report
Learning Collaborative resource
Summary report of learning from December 2024’s Learning Collaborative on Voice.
Promise Scotland Newsletter: November 2024
Newsletter
November 2024's newsletter from The Promise Scotland.
The Promise Scotland's briefing ahead of the Scottish Government's debate on keeping the promise.
Minutes for the November 2024 meeting of the Audit Risk Committee.
The Promise Scotland's response to the Scottish Government's consultation on redesigning the Children's Hearings System.
A guide to printing the Promise Design Tools, and to preparing them for using online.
Co-Design Readiness Workbook to use with your team before beginning the Service Design process.
A free online course about why Service Design matters to keeping the promise.
All black and white Design Tools in a single folder for download.
A short online course on the fundamentals of Service Design.
All colour Design Tools in a single folder for download.
The Promise Scotland’s response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on ‘Moving On’ from care into adulthood.
The Promise Scotland's report for the Scottish Government on how this service can be scoped and developed.
Summary of The Promise Scotland's report on scoping a National Lifelong Advocacy Service for care experienced people.
Promise Scotland Newsletter: September 2024
Newsletter
September 2024's newsletter from The Promise Scotland.
Letter to Health, Social Care and Sport Committee: National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (Stage 2) call for evidence
Correspondence
Letter to Convener of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, Clare Haughey MSP.
Minutes for the thirteenth meeting of The Promise Scotland's Directors.
Minutes for the fourteenth meeting of The Promise Scotland's Directors.
Promise Scotland Newsletter: July 2024
Newsletter
July 2024's newsletter from The Promise Scotland.
Minutes for the first meeting of the Audit Risk Committee.
Minutes for the March 2024 meeting of the Audit Risk Committee.
Promise Scotland Newsletter: May 2024
Newsletter
May 2024's newsletter from The Promise Scotland.
The Promise Scotland's response to the Scottish Government's call for views around this Bill.
Minutes for the twelfth meeting of The Promise Scotland's Directors.
This poster four Festivals of Care, which brought corporate parents and care experienced young people together to learn and explore alongside each other.
This poster outlines the process through which the supporting birth parents project was created.
This poster outlines the services provided by STAR and AFKA Scotland.
This poster focuses on Sport Aberdeen’s SPACE project, which directly supports children and young people to create and shape their own packages of support.
The poster highlights several initiatives around keeping the promise from the South Ayrshire Council.
The Life Time Connections project offers care-experienced children the opportunity to feel confident in asking about their past and current family life.
Scotland’s Adoption Register’s Response to Change aims to support certain people meeting the needs of children and young people in Scotland.
Glasgow City Council’s vision for accommodation and support for over 16s is to meet the needs of all young people, and to help them to thrive.
This poster looks at a project on what it means to implement the recommendations of Scotland’s Independent Care Review for 0–3-year-olds.
The House Project from NLP is built around young people's ability to leave care to take ownership, and to live connected and fulfilling lives.
This poster shows a young care experienced person in a gym, engaged in trampolining.
MCR Pathways are a school-based mentoring programme, which helps care experienced young people with pathways to positive futures.
The Acorn Project allows young people to live and learn at Harmeny until they are 18, with continued support beyond this.
This poster focuses on the work of Glasgow Children’s Services in creating a new sibling assessment tool, the Family Connections Assessment and Plan.
Stories of Change Conference Poster: Glasgow City (Reimagining accommodation and support services)
Poster
Glasgow City Council’s vision for accommodation and support for over 16s is to meet the needs of all young people, and to enable them to thrive.
Stories of Change Conference Poster: Glasgow City (More than words: A language of care in Glasgow)
Poster
This poster describes the work of Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) as they moved towards realising a culture of care.
This poster focuses on Glasgow Virtual School, which aims to provide support to care experienced children and young people, and those on the edge of care.
Get Set Yeti are working in partnership with Carolina House Foster Care Trust to develop practical tools to aid their commitment to fulfil the promise.
Stories of Change Conference Poster: Foster Care Connect (Creating trauma-informed foster carers)
Poster
This poster looks at the development of a new, accredited qualification specifically for foster carers.
This poster from Foster Care Connect looks at an enhanced way of providing support to children and young people and their fostering families.
This poster highlights several stories of change, including a collaboration around housing for care experienced young people entering adulthood.
This poster highlights several stories of change, including a collaboration around housing for care experienced young people entering adulthood.
Among other work, CYCJ’s poster highlights the development of two projects: Reimagining Justice and Reimagining Secure Care.
This poster shows highlights from the Children’s Hearings Scotland Impact Report 2022-23.
Carolina House’s poster shows steps they have taken to help young people living in their care develop skills including resilience and teamwork.
The Care Inspectorate’s poster highlights their unique role in keeping the promise as a regulator and scrutiny body, and shows their implementation model.
Web-friendly version of The Promise Scotland’s briefing ahead of Stage 3 debate on the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill.
The Promise Scotland’s briefing ahead of Stage 3 debate on the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill.
Promise Scotland Newsletter: March 2024
Newsletter
March 2024's newsletter from The Promise Scotland.
Summary of the revised support offer from The Promise Scotland, and how it will be rolled out over time.
Kinship Care: Overview Briefing
Briefings
Briefing explaining the basics of Scotland's promise: to implement the recommendations of The Independent Care Review.
The Promise Scotland: Revised Support Offer
Presentations
PowerPoint explaining the revised support offer from The Promise Scotland.
The Promise Scotland's report for the Scottish Government on how a national lifelong advocacy service can be scoped and developed.
Poster: About the promise
Poster
Printable poster explaining the promise.
Printable poster explaining why voice is one of the five foundations of the promise.
Printable poster explaining why care is one of the five foundations of the promise.
Printable poster explaining why family is one of the five foundations of the promise.
Printable poster explaining why people are one of the five foundations of the promise.
Printable poster explaining why scaffolding is one of the five foundations of the promise.
Printable poster explaining the different levels which the promise should be kept on.
Briefing: What is the promise?
Briefings
Briefing explaining the basics of Scotland's promise: to implement the recommendations of The Independent Care Review.
PowerPoint presentation: What is the promise?
Presentations
This presentation explains the basics of Scotland's promise to implement the recommendations of The Independent Care Review.
Briefing: Overview of the Hearings System Working Group Redesign Report
Briefings | Videos
This video briefing from The Promise Scotland outlines the intention, output and broad conclusions of Hearings For Children, a report into redesigning the Children's Hearings System.
December 2024 World Café: Other Challenges
Learning Collaborative resource
Issues raised around meaningful and creative engagement at December 2024’s Learning Collaborative on Voice.
Minutes of 2024's Finance Committee meeting of The Promise Scotland's Board of Directors
Find out about the innovative partnership work being delivered to provide families with the holistic support they need.
Find out about the innovative partnership work being delivered to provide families with the holistic support they need.
Promise Scotland Newsletter: January 2024
Newsletter
January 2024's newsletter from The Promise Scotland.
The Promise Scotland's response to the Scottish Government's consultation on the proposed Care Leaver Payment
Board of Directors: 2024 Register of Interests
Governance Resource
Register of Interests for members of The Promise Scotland Board of Directors, published January 2024.
Minutes for the tenth meeting of The Promise Scotland's Directors.
Freedom of Information request response 20 December 2023 (1)
Freedom of Information response
Freedom of Information request response from The Promise Scotland.
Freedom of Information request response 20 December 2023 (2)
Freedom of Information response
Freedom of Information request response from The Promise Scotland.
Freedom of Information request response 20 December 2023 (3)
Freedom of Information response
Freedom of Information request response from The Promise Scotland.
Freedom of Information request response 20 December 2023 (4)
Freedom of Information response
Freedom of Information request response from The Promise Scotland.
Freedom of Information request response 20 December 2023 (5)
Freedom of Information response
Freedom of Information request response from The Promise Scotland.
Freedom of Information request response 20 December 2023 (6)
Freedom of Information response
Freedom of Information request response from The Promise Scotland.
Freedom of Information request response 20 December 2023 (7)
Freedom of Information response
Freedom of Information request response from The Promise Scotland.
Freedom of Information request response 20 December 2023 (8)
Freedom of Information response
Freedom of Information request response from The Promise Scotland.
Freedom of Information request response 20 December 2023 (9)
Freedom of Information response
Freedom of Information request response from The Promise Scotland.
Freedom of Information request response 20 December 2023 (10)
Freedom of Information response
Freedom of Information request response from The Promise Scotland.