Our Supporters

Staf is supported by a wide variety of organisations, which includes our funders, sponsors, members and partners, but also includes the many organisations who have provided us with in-kind gifts.

Staf's core funding comes from the Scottish Government's Children, Young People and Families Early Intervention Fund and the Adult Learning and Empowering Communities (ALEC) fund, both of which are administered and managed by the Corra Foundation.

In 2017, Staf was awarded a grant from the Transform Foundation, allowing us to work with their partner Raising IT to develop our new website.

Youth Justice Voices, our project run in partnership with the Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice (CYCJ) to amplify the voices of care and justice-experienced young people, and Project Return, an exciting new project supporting recovery from trauma, are both funded through the Life Changes Trust.

Our Mapping Relationships project, which aims to embed and enhance relationship-based practice across Scotland, is funded through the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

Shannon's Box was successfully launched in East Ayrshire Council, with the pilot funded by the National Lottery Community Fund
Books for the boxes were kindly donated by the Scottish Book Trust

In addition, we have received sponsorship from the following organisations to support high-quality learning and development opportunities for our members through national events:

Aberlour ChildCare Trust
Cyrenians
Kibble
LinkLiving
Life Changes Trust
Moore House Care and Education
National Fostering Agency
Seamab
SAAS

Find out more about our upcoming events

Our members are a great support to us every year, providing venues for meetings, sharing information and providing speakers for some of our events. Over the last couple of years we have been supported by the following members:

Glasgow City Council	Falkirk Council	Stirling Council
Fife Council	North Lanarkshire Council	West Dunbartonshire Council
CELCIS	Dundee City Council	East Renfrewshire Council
East Ayrshire Council	Aberdeen Foyer	The Good Shepherd Centre
The Promise	Life Changes Trust	Highland Council

View a list of our current members

We have also been supported by a number of other organisations who have provided in-kind donations to support us and our members and young people. This includes:

Tesco	Marks and Spencer	Morrisons
PACE Theatre Company, Paisley	McDonalds	Greggs

Latest

Staf National Conference 2021: Relationships, Rights and Keeping the Promise

Staf National Conference | 24th November 2021 | Online
Focus Group Feedback

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...
New sentencing guidelines for Under 25s

Kevin Lafferty, Participation Consultant at Youth Justice Voices shares his reflections on the new sentencing guidelines for under 25s in this short blog.
The REAL Toolkit is now live - here's how to use it!

After more than two years of development The REAL Toolkit is now LIVE and ready to use. Here's how.

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.
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.
Vision and Values

Staf's Vision, and Values
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.
Our history

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

Staf currently has over 70 members, including local authorities, third sector organisations and private sector care providers.
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.
Interview with Gerald Neil on his life, his work and reducing stress in our lives

Gerald Neil is a successful accountant and qualified stress and relaxation therapist. Here, we talk to Gerald about his background, how to improve the lives of care experienced young people and how we can all do more to reduce stress in our lives.