Care Leavers and The Promise Change Programme One

The Promise Change Programme One details what is happening now, what is happening next and what needs to happen to deliver Plan 21-24 and #KeepThePromise. Here we pick out the sections relating to care leavers and care and justice experienced young people. Read more
What is the Scottish Care Leaver Forum ?

Project Development Worker Katrina explains all there is to know about the new Scottish Care Leaver Forum and to get involved in this exciting new project, funded by Erasmus. Read more
Manifesto deep dive. What do the parties have to offer care leavers?

As the Scottish Parliament elections approach we take a look at the manifestos of the main 5 political parties and examine what they have to offer young people with care experience and the workforce who support them. Read more
The Role of Youth Work in Participation and Youth Justice

Staf's Youth Justice Participation Lead shares the importance and role of of youth work in participation and youth justice. Read more

Blogs

The power of friendship

Participation Consultant and Youth Just Us member Kev shares his views on being part of the Staf National Conference 2022 and the importance of friendship. Read more

Christmas ad with a difference

Youth Just Us member Bella reflects on the adverts of Christmas past and present, what it feels like to be care experienced at the 'most wonderful time of the year' and her message to care experienced children and young people. Read more

What Youth Just Us Means to Me

Participation Consultant Kev shares his experience of being part of Youth Just Us and what it means to him. Read more

Changes to the Real Toolkit, why and why it is important.

We've made some changes to the Real Toolkit. Project Worker Katrina explains what they are and why they were introduced. Read more

Creating a sense of Home and Belonging for young people with care experience as they move into their own home

Staf CEO Jo Derrick shares her thoughts on the Home and Belonging evaluation carried out by Children in Scotland and Staf Read more

The Real Toolkit is 1

The Real Toolkit has reached its first birthday! Project lead, Katrina Gallagher shares her thoughts on the past year and thanks all those who have made the Toolkit what it is. Read more

Youth Justice Voices response to Children's Care and Justice Bill

A small number of care and justice experienced young people from Youth Just Us and Inside Out responded to the Children's Care and Justice Bill. We share a summary of their views. Read more

Youth Just Us Mural Trail

Youth Just Us were treated to a private tour of the Yard Works Festival 22 murals at SWG3. Check out some of the amazing artwork in our gallery. Read more

Inside Out Needs You - Please Vote

Inside Out are looking for your support to win the People's Choice Award at this year's SCVO Charity Award and here we tell you why they should get your vote. Read more

Local Elections 2022: Manifesto Round-Up

A look at the five main parties and their manifestos heading into the local elections 2022 Read more

National Leadership Q & A

We caught up with Gary Brown and Lisa O'Leary to find our more about the National Leadership Network and the plans for the months ahead. Read more

Latest

Financial Support for Care Leavers
UCAS Next Steps Report on Care Experience reveals more needs to be done to support care leavers in Scotland

UCAS have launched their report on the experiences of care experienced students who have applied to college or university, including information on levels of support, aspirations and the application process.
Care Leavers into Employment, Education and Training Focus Group

Tuesday 17th January | 10am - 12pm | Online (Microsoft Teams)
Local Authority Manager's Forum

Wednesday 25th Jan 10am - 12pm| Online (Microsoft Teams)

Young Funder's Grant

Applications for the Young Funder's Grant are now closed. Alternative sources of funding are included here.
The Promise explained: what the Care Review means for the workforce

Scotland’s Independent Care Review has published its final conclusions. Five reports have been published and the main report ‘The Promise’ runs to 124 pages. To keep our members informed, we will set out the conclusions in a series of brief summaries.
Relationship Based Practice: What does it really look like?

Mary Glasgow facilitated one of our workshops at our Annual Conference 2017, setting out the principles of a restorative, child-centred and family-minded approach that aims to mitigate the effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences. Find out more and download Mary's presentation.
Grants of up to £750 available to care experienced young people

We are delighted to announce our Young Funder's Grant is now open for applications.
Local Elections 2022: Manifesto Round-Up

A look at the five main parties and their manifestos heading into the local elections 2022
Our history

Find out more about Staf's history, and the exciting work we are undertaking today.
GIRFEC: A Guide to Getting it Right for Every Child

GIRFEC (or Getting it Right for Every Child) is the national approach in Scotland to improving outcomes and supporting the wellbeing of our children and young people by offering the right help at the right time for the right people. Find out more about the GIRFEC approach.
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.
Care-Experienced Voice

Staf has always had the voice of care-experienced young people at its heart. From the Debate Project to Project Return, The Real Toolkit and Youth Justice Voices our young people's voices have always influenced our work. Find out more about the voice of care-experienced young people.
Current Members

Staf currently over 70 members, including local authorities, third sector organisations and private sector care providers.