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You can use the search function below to look for particular resources published by The Promise Scotland.
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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Publication Scheme
Governance Resource
Scheme setting out material published by The Promise Scotland.
Video: What is the promise?
Videos
A short video explaining what the promise is.
Minutes for the sixth meeting of The Promise Scotland's Directors.
Minutes for the eighth meeting of the Hearings System Working Group.
Promise Scotland Set Up Year
Reports | Governance resource
The Promise Scotland has published a short report outlining work undertaken during its set up year.
Letter to Health and Social Care Committee: Evidence on the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
Policy | Correspondence
The Promise Scotland's letter highlights recent research into public responses to the Scottish Government's consultation on a National Care Service.
Hearings System Working Group Terms of Reference
Governance resource
Terms of reference for the establishment of the Hearings System Working Group.
Minutes for the fifth meeting of The Promise Scotland's Directors.
Minutes for the fourth meeting of The Promise Scotland's Directors.
Minutes for the third meeting of The Promise Scotland's Directors.
Hearings System Working Group Webinar
Videos | Webinar
Webinar outlining the work of the Hearing System Working Group.
Minutes for the seventh meeting of the Hearings System Working Group.
Minutes for the second meeting of The Promise Scotland's Directors.
Minutes for the sixth meeting of the Hearings System Working Group.
Minutes for the initial meeting of The Promise Scotland's Directors.
Minutes for the fifth meeting of the Hearings System Working Group.
Interim analysis of Scottish Government Consultation from researchers Mary Ann Powell, Ruth Friskney, Christina McMellon and Autumn Roesch-Marsh.
National Care Service Consultation Responses Analysis: Implications for Keeping the Promise
Reports | Policy
Analysis of Scottish Government Consultation from researchers Mary Ann Powell, Ruth Friskney, Christina McMellon and Autumn Roesch-Marsh.
The Issues List is a document with 56 questions across 5 categories. It will guide conversations and deliberation around the Children’s Hearings System.
Once the promise is kept: Isla's story
Videos | Composite story
The second version of Isla's story shows some of the ways things will be different for Scotland's children after the promise is kept.
Harris' story once the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
The second version of Jack's story shows some of the ways things will be different for Scotland's children after the promise is kept.
Harris' story before the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
Harris' story is a composite story showing some of the challenges children in Scotland face before the promise is kept.
Lauren's story before the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
Lauren's story is a composite story showing some of the challenges children in Scotland face before the promise is kept.
Lauren's story once the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
The second version of Lauren's story shows some of the ways things will be different for Scotland's children after the promise is kept.
Zahara's story before the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
Zahara's story is a composite story showing some of the challenges children in Scotland face before the promise is kept.
Zahara's story once the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
The second version of Zahara's story shows some of the ways things will be different for Scotland's children after the promise is kept.
Olivia's story before the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
Olivia's story is a composite story showing some of the challenges children in Scotland face before the promise is kept.
Olivia's story once the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
The second version of Olivia's story shows some of the ways things will be different for Scotland's children after the promise is kept.
Dylan's story before the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
Dylan's story is a composite story showing some of the challenges children in Scotland face before the promise is kept.
Dylan's story once the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
The second version of Dylan's story shows some of the ways things will be different for Scotland's children after the promise is kept.
Lewis' story before the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
Lewis' story is a composite story showing some of the challenges children in Scotland face before the promise is kept
Lewis' story once the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
The second version of Lewis' story shows some of the ways things will be different for Scotland's children after the promise is kept.
James' story before the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
James' story is a composite story showing some of the challenges children in Scotland face before the promise is kept.
James' story once the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
The second version of James' story shows some of the ways things will be different for Scotland's children after the promise is kept.
Policy proposal response: cross-border placement
Policy | Consultation response
Response to Scottish Government consultation on placements into Scottish residential care when a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards order has been granted in England or Wales.
Minutes for the fourth meeting of the Hearings System Working Group.
Minutes for the third meeting of the Hearings System Working Group.
Consultation response: A National Care Service for Scotland
Policy | Consultation response
The Promise Scotland approached responding to this consultation guided by one question: will this proposal #KeepThePromise?
Minutes for the second meeting of the Hearings System Working Group.
Minutes for Hearings System Working Group: Meeting One
Minutes | Hearings System Working Group resource
Minutes for the first meeting of the Hearings System Working Group.
Change Programme ONE
Reports
The Promise Scotland’s initial change programme setting out what needs to happen to #KeepThePromise, and where more progress needs to be made.
Plan 21-24
Reports
Plan 21-24 sets out 25 actions which Scotland must take by 2024 in order to #KeepThePromise.
Jack's story after the promise is kept
Videos | Composite story
The second version of Jack's story shows some of the ways things will be different for Scotland's children after the promise is kept.
#KeepThePromise Overview Briefing
Briefings
This briefing from 2020 gives an overview of the promise, as well as the action which Scotland needs to take to keep it.
This briefing gives an overview of how the promise relates to the adult criminal justice system.
This briefing gives an overview of how the promise relates to the adult health and social care system.
#KeepThePromise Alcohol and Drugs
Briefings
This briefing gives an overview of how the promise relates to policy around alcohol and drugs.
This briefing gives an overview of how the promise relates to the way in which the Children's Hearings System works.