Momentous day in Scotland 😊 fb.watch/6_nSmF1oSr/

All of us hold assumptions about the world to help us navigate daily life. This image demonstrates how, post trauma, our assumptions shift. But it also shows how, if your early life has been impacted by trauma, you may never have felt in control, safe or able to trust. #trauma

Young people detail anxieties about the consequences of the pandemic for their future in #ScotYouthandCOVID2 A Place in Childhood (APiC) Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland They are calling for a clear, national plan for similar crisis situations, with a focus on education. thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/school…

🦷From today, dental charges have been scrapped for young people aged under 26. Around 600,000 young people aged under 26 will benefit from free dental care. Today's announcement exceeds our 100-day commitment to scrap charges for young care leavers! gov.scot/news/removal-o…

We all have a collective responsibility to create and build childhoods for our countries children and their families. The hearings system working group is part of a wider culture shift our care community have demanded. And they deserve nothing less. Children's Hearings Scotland The Promise Scotland

Care experienced young people don’t always have strong and stable families. Yet the Govt defends paying Under 25s less Universal Credit on the assumption they will be ‘living in someone else’s household’. How can this be fair? 👇 dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/… #EndTheYoungParentPenalty

📢 Calling all care leavers! Take advantage of these paid 12-month internships at Scottish Government across various Government Departments and agencies. Apply now! ow.ly/6UGD50FZrx5

⚠ FAO Care Leavers ⚠ The UK Government has launched an internship for care leavers at the Department of Education 📚 Apply before 11:55pm on Friday 24th September ⏲ civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?…

Join the Life Changes Trust and partners for an exploration of the power of relationship-based practice and the importance of relationships to young people with care experience! Click here to register 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-life-cha… Corra Foundation Staf National Leadership Network

Deputy First Minister John Swinney shared further about the £500m Whole Family Wellbeing Fund announced in this week’s #ScotPfG➡️➡️➡️ gov.scot/news/keeping-f…

This stopped me in my tracks today and knocked the wind out of me. It’s heartbreaking. A criminal disregard for this young woman and her child. A hard, but necessary read for anyone part of any system that claims to care. We ARE the system and we can and must change it.

DCC are looking for 20 young people (11-18-years-old) living in Dundee to be part of a Dundee City Centre Young People’s Panel working with Young Scot and Dundee City Council to ensure that the exciting changes for the city consider the needs of young people young.scot/get-involved/n…

#DundeeChampionsBoard #YPPG #4Change #ChooseLove #MakingChange Life Changes Trust