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

Resources from Staf National Conference 2023

On Wednesday 22 November members and partners alongside care experienced young people, attended our National Conference as we look to move beyond Plan 21 - 24.
Sign up to the 100 Days of Listening

Want to share your views on what's needed to deliver the promise for young people transitioning to adulthood? Then sign up to take part in the 100 Days of Listening.
Trustee times

Board member, Simone Smith, who is stepping down from her role after 6 years, shares what it's been like to be part of Staf's Trustee team.
First Minister visits Staf to launch Care Leaver Payment and 100 Days of Listening

This care experienced week, Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf visited the Staf participation space to speak with care experienced young adults about the 100 Days of Listening and to launch the care leaver payment consultation.

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
Get Involved

Here at Staf we have many ways for people with care experience to get involved.
Our history

Find out more about Staf's history, and the exciting work we are undertaking today.
Financial Support for Care Leavers
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.