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You can use the search function below to find a variety of resources to help you in keeping the promise, or finding specific work from The Promise Scotland.

We also have a range of composite stories— which show what life was like for children and young people before the promise was made, and what their lives would be like when the promise was kept.

 

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Spotlight Session: Share Foundation (Slides)

Presentations | Learning Collaborative resource

Slides from this Spotlight Session.

Freedom of Information request response from The Promise Scotland.

Minutes for the sixteenth meeting of The Promise Scotland's Directors.

Letter from SHRC, CYPCS, EHRC Scotland and The Promise Scotland to Scottish Ministers, calling for a coherent statutory framework on restraint and seclusion.

Consultation response: Foster care

Policy | Consultation Response

The Promise Scotland's response to the Scottish Government's consultation on foster care.

Minutes of 2025's Finance Committee meeting of The Promise Scotland's Board of Directors.

The Promise Scotland's response to the Scottish Government's consultation on a legal definition of "care experience."

January 2025's newsletter from The Promise Scotland.

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.

Voice Online Session: Transitions

Learning Collaborative resource

Slides from this online session with Scottish Government and the Hub for Success.

Issues raised around meaningful and creative engagement at the First Learning Collaborative on Voice.

Issues raised around meaningful and creative engagement at the First Learning Collaborative on Voice.

Issues raised around impacting change and having influence during discussions at the first Learning Collaborative on Voice.

Issues raised around ensuring representation during discussions at the first Learning Collaborative on Voice.

Voice Collaborative One: Presentations

Learning Collaborative resource | Presentations

Presentations from the first Learning Collaborative on Voice.

Voice Collaborative One: Report

Learning Collaborative resource

Summary report of learning from the first Learning Collaborative on Voice.

Minutes for the fifteenth meeting of The Promise Scotland's Directors.

Report from this November 2024 event, which focused on analysing data to understand how to tip the balance towards prevention— prioritising the needs and interests of children and families.

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

Design School Resource

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.

A short online course on the fundamentals of Service Design.

All black and white Design Tools in a single folder for download.

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.

September 2024's newsletter from The Promise Scotland.

Letter to Convener of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, Clare Haughey MSP.

Minutes for the fourteenth meeting of The Promise Scotland's Directors.

July 2024's newsletter from The Promise Scotland.

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.

Minutes for the thirteenth meeting of The Promise Scotland's Directors.

Minutes for the March 2024 meeting of the Audit Risk Committee.

The Promise Scotland’s briefing ahead of Stage 3 debate on the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill.

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.

Briefing explaining the basics of Scotland's promise: to implement the recommendations of The Independent Care Review.

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.