Foreword from Louise
It’s no understatement to say that the period of our Strategic Plan 2018-2022 represents one of the most significant eras for the Care Experienced community in Scotland.
Ground-breaking policy commitments were secured; the Independent Care review listened to more than 5,000 voices as part of its three-year root and branch review of the care system, and The Promise was published, outlining a route map for transformational change.
It’s no understatement to say that the period of our Strategic Plan 2018-2022 represents one of the most significant eras for the Care Experienced community in Scotland.
Ground-breaking policy commitments were secured; the Independent Care review listened to more than 5,000 voices as part of its three-year root and branch review of the care system, and The Promise was published, outlining a route map for transformational change.
We supported an increasing number of Care Experienced people of all ages to have their voice heard and their rights respected via our independent advocacy service, which continued to grow and reach new local authority areas.
During this period, we also saw engagement across the care community deepening as a burgeoning movement formed and became established. We celebrated key moments in our calendar – Care Day and Care Experienced Week – and then watched in delight, as these milestones were marked and championed in countries across the world.
Care Experienced people campaigned tirelessly, raising their voices and demanding nothing less than a lifetime of equality, respect and love for one another, and for those yet to be born. They supported each other with friendship and solidarity, elevating one another to share each other’s messages in so many, wonderful ways. Chants on the streets of Glasgow; powerful accounts of lived experience shared in parliament and even the UN; creative works of poetry, artwork, theatre and short films … this community has given so much of itself, and our world is richer for all of it.
None of this would have been possible without the significant investment in Care Experienced people, from funders including the Scottish Government, Local Authorities, corporate partners, trusts and foundations and individual donors.
This report focuses on our achievements with the care community in 2022, set against the backdrop of the 2018-2022 strategic planning period of the organisation. We emerge from this period a stronger organisation which has developed new ways of connecting, listening, representing and upholding the rights of the care community. And we recognise that whilst huge progress has been felt in the last five years, we still have much work to do before we can say with authority, that we have achieved our vision of a lifetime of equality, respect and love for Care Experienced people.
Louise Hunter
CEO, Who Cares? Scotland
2022 In Stats
2022 as told by our members.
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