Our latest newsletter is available now📨 Don't miss out on the stories of change happening across Scotland and opportunities to get involved in work to keep the promise: https://ow.ly/pIz350Zu9U6 Want to sign up to receive updates straight to your inbox? Click here 📬 👉 https://ow.ly/WhWM50Zu9U8

The Holding Differently, Containing Distress research project is seeking to understand and address the use of physical restraint in residential children's care in Scotland. You can find out more on their new website: ow.ly/nhcU50ZnQ90

Check out this new mural in Stornoway created with care experienced young people to celebrate creativity, belonging, and young people’s right to access arts and culture 👇 tfn.scot/news/young-i...

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Children’s rights must underpin all work to keep the promise, shaping how change is delivered & experienced. Plan 24-30's Rights and Restraint route map focuses on implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) which was incorporated into Scots Law two years ago.

Plan 24-30’s What Matters questions are a practical way to keep the promise at the heart of your work. This free and interactive resource helps you to see your service through the eyes of children, young people, care experienced adults, and their families. Click here: https://ow.ly/blBf50ZkKZ6

Last week, Fiona visited Midlothian Council to learn more about progress and challenges to keeping the promise in their area and their focus on building trusted relationships. The insights shared will help link local perspectives to national change efforts. Find out more: https://ow.ly/FfzE50ZkIvv

This week, Fiona visited Midlothian and Fife Council to learn more about the change happening, the challenges getting in the way, & how we can work together to ensure that every child, young person, care experienced adult & family have what they need to thrive. Learn more: https://ow.ly/cYOU50ZfPSN

Fraser McKinlay, Chief Executive of The Promise Scotland, has written in response to the statement from all 32 of Scotland's Chief Social Work Officers warning of an emergency in availability of alternative care options for children. Read more here: https://ow.ly/gXxI50ZiA5Q

Are you asking the right questions? Plan 24-30’s What Matters questions help you see your service through the eyes of care experienced children, young people, adults, and their families – helping you act on what was heard by the Independent Care Review. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/kyh050Zfyvu

Chair of the Oversight Board, David Anderson, reflects on the recent calls for Scotland to better understand premature deaths of care experienced people and what action must be taken to prevent future harm and keep the promise. Read the blog here: https://ow.ly/8C9i50ZevPG

David Anderson, Chair of the Oversight Board, explores calls to better understand premature deaths of care experienced people & the important questions raised around if Scotland is gathering, linking, and using information in a way that drives change. Read the blog here: https://ow.ly/lHvv50Ze8Ka

Fiona Duncan, Independent Strategic Advisor - the promise, is visiting Shetland Islands Council today as a part of a series of local area catch ups to understand what is making the biggest impact on the lives of children, families, and care experienced adults across Scotland. ➡️ ow.ly/nHx950ZcMqX

The voices of children, young people, care experienced adults, and their families must be at the very heart of all that we do. The What Matters questions are a tool to help you see your plans and decisions through their eyes.

Fiona Duncan, the Independent Strategic Advisor – the promise, is visiting all 32 local authorities across Scotland, to hear from children, young people, families, and care experienced adults, alongside those working to support them, about progress to keep the promise.

Local Area Catch Ups: Visiting Local Areas Across Scotland

Over the course of the year, Fiona Duncan, the Independent Strategic Advisor –the promise, will visit all local authorities across Scotland, to hear from people about progress to keep the promise. In ...

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The Independent Strategic Advisor & Chief Social Work Officer Highland & Convenor of Social Work Scotland have released a joint statement in support of social workers and the challenges they face, as part of a commitment to work in partnership to drive change. Read more: https://ow.ly/Gzfw50Z707H

Fiona Duncan, the Independent Strategic Advisor – the promise, is visiting all the local authorities across Scotland this year, to hear from people about progress to keep the promise. In this blog, she explains why she is heading out on the road. Read more: https://ow.ly/NIhJ50Z51Kx

In Fife, the This is Us group & Support Birth Families Service are dedicated 1:1 and peer support services for birth families where children have been permanently removed from birth parents care or are likely to. Find out what they learned in creating it https://ow.ly/LU1i50Z5uOB

Throughout this year, Fiona Duncan, the Independent Strategic Advisor – the promise, will visit all local authorities across Scotland, to hear from people about progress to keep the promise. In this blog, she explains why she is heading out on the road. Read more: https://ow.ly/NIhJ50Z51Kx

Children, young people, families, & care experienced adults should have what they need to thrive no matter where they live in Scotland. Outcomes from this session will directly support the use of Plan 24-30 and inform the path forward to fulfilling the promise. Read more here:

New MSPs have been chosen to represent the people of Scotland for the next five years and it is part of their responsibilities to make sure the promise is realised in the lives of children, young people, families, and care experienced adults. The time to act is now: https://ow.ly/ihEW50YUz7r

The Promise Scotland will continue to work with those involved in delivering this Act, to ensure it is properly sequenced and resourced and helps Scotland to move closer to keeping the promise and improving the lives of children, families and care experienced adults https://ow.ly/sspM50Z11HN

The make-up of this Parliament is different to the last, but sustained cross-party support for the promise will help move Scotland closer to ensuring it is kept by 2030. To help with this we have shared a briefing for all new and returning MSPs: https://ow.ly/5LOp50Z0Zb0

The recently elected MSPs have a unique opportunity to transform Scotland’s approach to care so that all children grow up loved, safe, and respected and realise their full potential. Learn more about what needs to happen next here: https://ow.ly/x8rF50YUyZV

The new Scottish Government and Parliament have the opportunity & the responsibility, to honour the courage of those who shared their stories in the hope of change & to the care community to whom the promise was made. Learn more: https://ow.ly/3mip50YVZHN

Keeping the promise means ensuring children stay with their families where it is safe &, when that isn't possible, ensuring children & young people’s experiences of care are loving so they become thriving adults. Our response to the election result: https://ow.ly/le0c50YUy6O

Working to keep the promise? Check out this story highlighting the Care Inspectorate and their new promise assurance inspections which help them hear from young people more often, in ways that feel meaningful and authentic, and which reflected their views and experiences 👉 https://ow.ly/EqSs50YVFhc

Working to create change for families in Scotland? Check out this learning story which highlights the Get to Focus Group in Falkirk, a group of parents who created a space where they can come together to co-design better services & systems in a trauma-informed environment: ow.ly/SO2y50YKqRT

Falkirk’s Get to Focus Group: Co-designing better services and systems

A group of parents who were brought together with other communities of interest to create a space where families can connect and provide peer support, while also influencing services.

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In developing the Plan 24-30 Leadership route map, Carly Glover spoke to leaders across different areas on what they felt needed to happen for the promise to be kept, and the role of leadership. In this blog, Carly reflects on what she heard and what Scotland can learn. Read more: ow.ly/6ruF50YIW1G

Keeping the Promise: Learning from the Leadership Route Map

In preparing the Leadership route map on Plan 24-30, Carly Glover spoke to leaders working in different parts of Scotland’s ‘care system’, on what they felt needed to happen for the promise to be kept...

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Join the Community of Practice for Siblings in May! We will start the day with an input from Clan Childlaw and then we will focus on identifying where we can have the biggest impact for sisters, brothers, siblings, and sibling-like relationships across Scotland. Sign up: https://ow.ly/97Qz50YEnHN