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. Read more

Past work

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. Read more

Between 2014 and 2016, care-experienced young people travelled the country from Dumfries to Inverness, presented at a wide variety of forums, events and conferences, had an audience with the then Minister for Children and Young People, and have found themselves trending on Twitter. Their report 'Listen...Can You Hear Their Voices?' was published in August 2016 highlighting their findings and making key recommendations. Read more

The Debate Project

The Debate Project, which ran from 2002 to 2013, was Staf's first official collaboration with care-experienced young people and built the foundations for all our listening projects since Read more

Latest

Staf Summer Sessions

Thanks to funding from the Parent Club, we're supporting young people with care experience across Scotland get into summer and focus on well being with our Summer Sessions. Read on to find out how to find out more and how to take part.
Get Into Summer: Staf presents Summer Sessions

Thanks to funding from the Scottish Government's Get Into Summer scheme we're supporting young people with care experience across Scotland improve their wellbeing.
Meet the Advisory Group – Nikki

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.
Meet the Advisory Group - Allison

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.

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
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.
Our history

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

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

Staf currently has over 70 members, including local authorities, third sector organisations and private sector care providers.
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.