Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

Thinking through implementation

At our September 2014 Managers' Forum, we were joined by Ben Farrugia (CELCIS), who talked us through the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. Find out more and download Ben's presentation. Read more

Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 defined new corporate parents, giving more people and organisations duties towards care leavers, and provided a new category for leaving care. Find out more about the Act and related guidance. Read more

Previous Legislation

Find links to previous legislation and resources relating to care-experienced young people. Read more

Latest

Youth Justice Voices Newsletter: Issue 2

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!

Operation Play Outdoor - Seeds for Change Forestry Club, Session 2

'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.

Introducing 'The Catalysts'

Find out more about Project Return's care-experienced steering group, 'The Catalysts' in this blog.

Statement on standing against racism and being actively anti-racist

We stand with all of those raising their voice against racism, discrimination and injustice. But we know it isn’t good enough for us to stand against racism, we must be actively anti-racist.

Implications of Continuing Care Report

Staf has been working as part of a consortium of colleagues from across the sector which has been meeting about the implementation of Continuing Care. Following our Implications of Continuing Care focus group in February 2018, we produced a report looking at the issues and the good practice taking place across Scotland.

Scotland to host an International Child Trauma Conference in 2020

On 17-18 September 2020 we will be hosting an International Child Trauma conference with Dr Bruce Perry alongside partners Aberlour, Clackmannanshire Education and Psychology Services, Seamab, Kibble, and Children in Scotland. Find out more in this blog.

The Importance of Relationships

We are working on a project to highlight the importance of relationships in the lives of care-experienced young people. Find out more about the project.

Vision and Values

Staf's Vision, and Values

Our Team

Announcing Our New and Improved Website

Following almost a year of research, consultation and hard work, we are proud to say that our new website is live. Find out more about how we transformed our website.

Policy and Practice: Care Experienced Bursary

The Care Experienced bursary was introduced to support care experienced young people in further and higher education. Find out more about the bursary, and how this relates to practice, here:

Our history

Find out more about Staf's history, and the exciting work we are undertaking today.

Support us

At Staf we are grateful to all those who support us. Find out how you can support us today.

Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill – Standing Up for Scotland’s Children or Simply Standing Still?

Currently at Stage 1 in the Scottish Parliament, this Bill aims to change the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) to 12 years of age from the current level of 8 – the lowest in Europe. Our article questions whether the Bill goes far enough, and whether it truly works to support Scotland’s children and young people.