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Our Youth Justice Voices project, a partnership between Staf and CYCJ, has received a commendation at the Howard League Community Awards. Read more
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
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
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
Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf has presented his first Programme for Government. Here we detail what this means for care leavers and the workforce who support them. Read more
After months of discussions, COSLA and the Scottish Government have agreed on a Scottish Recommended Allowance for Foster and Kinship Carers. Read more
Free bus pass application advice for those who support young people with care experience. Read more
Staf CEO Jo Derrick discusses the idea of a Universal Basic Income as a way out of poverty for care leavers. As seen in The Herald, 04.03.21 Read more
A coalition of charities supporting care-experienced children and young people across the UK have written to the Work and Pensions Secretary calling on her to keep a £20 per week increase in Universal Credit that is due to end in April. Read more
Staf CEO Jo Derrick has welcomed the announcement of a care review in England. Read more
Staf has welcomed the £100 payment for low income families announced by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Read more
Our Youth Justice Voices project, a partnership between Staf and CYCJ, has been shortlisted for a Howard League Community Award. Read more
Shannon’s Box, a Staf project delivered in collaboration with East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership, has been recognised as a finalist in for the Pioneering Project award at the SCVO Scottish Charity Awards. Read more
Read Staf's response to The Scottish Parliament Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee's Call for Evidence on youth employment. Read more
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. Read more
Scotland’s leading care-experience organisations have written to the Scottish Government, calling on the Care Experienced Students Bursary to be increased so that it is paid year-round – a change that would benefit over 2,500 students in Scotland. Read more
Staf CEO Jo Derrick has welcomed the appointment of Fiona Duncan as chair of the Promise Oversight Board, which will provide oversight to the implementation of the Care Review. Read more
The Scottish Parliament has today (April 1st) approved the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill, which sets out emergency measures to help ‘protect the public, maintain essential public services and support the economy’ during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
With most schools and nurseries closing from today, care leaver charity Staf has called on local authorities to be mindful of the impact on care-experienced parents when devising their local school closure plans. Read more
Following the publication of the UK budget for 2020-21, Staf CEO Jo Derrick has welcomed changes to housing support for care leavers living in the private rented sector. Read more
Given the current situation, we are taking a number reasonable and responsible steps to protect our members and the young people we engage with. Read more
CEO of care leaver charity Staf, Jo Derrick, has today hailed the publication of ‘The Promise’ by the Independent Care Review, as an historic moment for Scotland’s care system. Read more
Ahead of the General Election, care leaver charity Staf has called on politicians to commit to tackling poverty by raising incomes and reforming social security. Read more
A new report has been published today making recommendations on how support for care leavers at risk of homelessness can be improved. Find out more about the report here. Read more