Marissa, a member of Who Cares? Scotland, is currently in her final year studying Community Development. Her dissertation topic is looking into shared identity of Care Experienced people.
This response provides comment on the Scottish Parliament’s Education, Children and Young People Committee’s call for views on the Care and Justice (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.
Look back at last week’s care-related news including an article from The Independent about the Care Experienced actor Barry Keoghan, a new intergenerational residential community in Florida and more.
Look back at last week’s care-related news including an article from The United Foundation calling on universities to support Care Experienced students, internships for Care Leavers and more
Hear from youth volunteer Shaun about why volunteering is important and how it’s benefitted him.
This report summarises the volunteer impact for 2022. Based on this evidence and our learnings.
An easy read version of the Staying Together and Connected Flyer about sibling separation. In 2022 WC?S worked with 16 Care Experienced people to gather their views on sibling rights and come up with changes that must be made.
Hear from Yvonne, our Volunteer and Participation Manager who shares the exciting achievement of being awarded the Investing in Volunteers accreditation.
Hear from Jim, one of our Volunteers in Moray, who talks about why volunteering is important to him.
Catch up with last week’s care-related news, all in one place on our website. In this weeks news tributes have been paid to foster carer Audrey Wearing MBE and Fiona Duncan shared why she believes Scotland needs to know if Scotland is keeping The Promise.
