We listen. We care. We love.
Download Youth Justice Visionaries' topic guide - for workers to use as a tool to support young people to participate in consultations on key Youth Justice issues. Read more
This is the second edition of the 'Youth Justice Voices' newsletter created for care and justice experienced young people in Scotland and created by us, the young people of Youth Just Us! Read more
The Catalysts have created Seeds for Change an indoor plant starter kit that will bring nature and nurture inside to care leavers and workers' homes. Read more
Staf has published a report setting out the impact of COVID-19 on care leavers, based on feedback from young people themselves and Staf member organisations who support them. Read more
young people eligible for aftercare as at 31 July 2018
percentage of young people eligible for aftercare who were in education, training or employment
young people recorded as in a Continuing Care placement in 2017-2018
Staf's leadership team are now looking for someone with financial qualification/expertise, ideally from charity finance background, to bring the additional skillset and experience to our Board to achieve our strategic ambitions.
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.
Building Relationships is the second stage in our new three-year project to support you to develop relationship-based practice, funded by The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
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.
With funding from the Life Changes Trust, we have begun a new project, jointly with the Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice, to listen to the voice of care and justice-experienced young people so that their views are given the due weight and attention they deserve.
Staf CEO Jo Derrick has welcomed plans for a Youth Guarantee and called on the Scottish Government to create a national ‘Family Firm’ to drive action across the public sector to ensure care leavers can fully benefit. Read more
Find out more about the opportunities for young people to shape the future of youth justice in Scotland through Staf and CYCJ's 'Youth Justice Voices' project. Read more
Wednesday 14th October | 10.00 - 12.00 | Online (Zoom) Read more
Save the Date for Staf's National Conference... Read more
Find out how Includem have demonstrated #WeLove throughout the covid-19 pandemic. Read more
This blog considers the experience of care for children and young people who are Black, Asian or part of other ethnic minorities, and the need for an actively anti-racist Scottish children's care sector. Read more
'Operation Play Outdoor' is the second workshop in a series of 'Seeds for Change' forestry club activities, organised by Project Return's care-experienced steering group, 'The Catalysts'. The workshop will give us tups on how to take care of your own garden or indoor forests, delivered by Craig from Scottish Forestry. Read more