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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
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
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
Staf's Youth Justice Participation Lead shares the importance and role of of youth work in participation and youth justice. Read more
Our regular focus groups are a great way for members of the workforce to come together and learn from each other. Don't believe us? Find out what some regular attenders had to say... Read more
Kevin Lafferty, Participation Consultant at Youth Justice Voices shares his reflections on the new sentencing guidelines for under 25s in this short blog. Read more
After more than two years of development The REAL Toolkit is now LIVE and ready to use. Here's how. Read more
The Promise has released their Change Programme One. Here we distil the implications this has for the throughcare and aftercare workforce. Read more
Get to know the graphic designers for the REAL Toolkit - Shona and Scott from Swandco. design. Read more
We are incredibly proud of what Youth Just Us has achieved over the last two years and we were delighted to hear that our partner organisations and the Youth Just Us members agree. Read on to find out exactly what they had to say. Read more
Youth Just Us met with the Floating Designer to literally illustrate the importance of the group from their perspective. Read more
Meet Liam, a care leaver and member of the Real Toolkit Advisory Group. Here he shares his advocacy work for young people with care experience and his thoughts on his involvement in the Real Toolkit. Read more
Advisory Group member Nikki shares her thoughts on The Real Toolkit, the joys of working with young people with care experience, and what she hopes the Toolkit can achieve. Read more
In this first 'getting to know you' blog, Allison tells us a bit about her background and why she's part of The Real Toolkit Advisory Group. Read more