by My_corporate_parents | Sep 14, 2017 | LATEST NEWS
We are looking for someone to take forward the development of a young people’s board for the Children’s Hearings System. The aim of the board – Our Hearings, Our Voice – is to provide children and young people with experience of the Hearings System the...
by My_corporate_parents | Aug 23, 2017 | LATEST NEWS
Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) is looking for 500 new Children’s Panel members to sit on children’s hearings and to help children and young people in their local area. There are around 2,500 volunteer panel members across Scotland. We need new volunteers from lots...
by My_corporate_parents | Aug 18, 2017 | LATEST NEWS
Most people would say going into foster care was a bad thing and they had a bad experience, but for me I had a good experience. At first going into foster care was hard for me and my two sisters, we were placed with a foster family miles away from where we lived...
by My_corporate_parents | Aug 10, 2017 | LATEST NEWS
We ask Gwendoline Tracey, a Children’s Hearings advocate with Barnardo’s. Gwendoline, what is advocacy? Advocacy is the name given to the process of supporting children and young people to speak up, express their views and defend their rights. An advocate is the...
by My_corporate_parents | Jul 25, 2017 | LATEST NEWS
Corporate Parent, SCRA has published statistics today about children and young people referred to the Reporter. The figures show that 15,118 children and young people in Scotland were referred to the Children’s Reporter in 2016/17. Some children and young people are...
by My_corporate_parents | Jun 21, 2017 | LATEST NEWS
Young people helped make improvements to Hearing rooms across Scotland. A number of Hearing rooms have recently been given a makeover to try and increase the participation of children and young people in their Hearings. Nine of SCRA’s Hearing rooms have been given a...
