6,492

young people eligible for aftercare as at 31 July 2020

24

percentage of young people eligible for aftercare who were in education, training or employment as at 31 July 2020

306

young people recorded as in a Continuing Care placement in 2019-2020

Shannon's Box

Created by Shannon when in role as our Youth Facilitator, Shannon's Box is designed to make entering care a little easier for children and young people. Find out more about this project.

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Author: Cheryl Leggett

#WeLove: sharing COVID-19 best practice

This crisis has shone a new light on the issues children and young people in and leaving care face but we also know that there’s some great work continuing and we hope to highlight this through the #WeLove campaign.

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Author: Liam Furby

Staf (Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum) is Scotland’s national membership organisation for all of those involved in the lives of young people leaving care. Our vision is that the wellbeing and success of young people leaving care across Scotland is indistinguishable from that of theirs peers in the general population. Together we can make that happen.

The REAL Toolkit

The REAL Toolkit – Relationships, Empathy and Love The toolkit will be guide for young people who are leaving care and importantly, it will also be guidance for those working in care on how to promote relationships. Our vision is that every young person in care and leaving care will have positive meaningful relationships. Funded by The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

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Author: Liam Furby

Project Return

Funded by the Life Changes Trust, Project Return will bring together young people and practitioners to aid our understanding of trauma and trauma-informed practice, and to explore the supportive environments we know are required to support recovery and the development of relationships.

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Author: Cheryl Leggett

Youth Justice Voices

With funding from the Life Changes Trust and in collaboration with Children and Young People's Centre for Justice (CYCJ), we listen to the voice of care and justice-experienced young people so that their views are given the due weight and attention they deserve.

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Author: Liam Furby

Latest news

  • Care-Experienced Bursary data 2018-19

    The Scottish Funding Council's report on the uptake of the Care Experienced Bursary has been released. We take a look at the key findings. Read more

  • Education Outcomes for Looked After Children 2019/20

    We take a look at the Scottish Government report on Educational Attainment for Looked After children and find that, despite some improvements, there's still a long way to go before their outcomes are indistinguishable from their peers. Read more

  • Get Into Summer: Staf presents Summer Sessions

    Thanks to funding from the Scottish Government's Get Into Summer scheme we're supporting young people with care experience across Scotland improve their wellbeing. Read more

Upcoming Events

  • Staf Summer Sessions

    Thanks to funding from the Scottish Government's Get Into Summer campaign, we're supporting young people with care experience across Scotland get into summer and focus on well being with our Summer Sessions in association with Scottish Forestry. Read on to find out how to find out more and how to take part. Read more

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  • Implications of Continuing Care Focus Group

    Tuesday 24th August 2021 | 10am - 11.30am | Online (Microsoft Teams) Read more

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  • Local Authority Manager's Forum

    Tuesday 31st August 10.30am - 12.30pm| Online (Microsoft Teams) Read more

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