Staf and CYCJ receive commendation for justice work at UK awards

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Youth Justice Voices North East Steering Group

Youth Justice Participation Worker, Chris Kelly, shares his excitement about establishing a Youth Justice Voices steering group in the North East
#KeepingThePromise –Developing an Organisational Trauma Informed Action Plan

Tuesday 21st March 10.30am - 2.30pm (Glasgow, The Studio) Wednesday 22nd March 10.30am - 2.30pm (Dundee, Discovery Point) Thursday 23rd March 10.30am - 2.30pm (Stirling, Stirling Highland Hotel) Friday 24th March 10.30am - 2.30pm (Edinburgh, The Scotsman Hotel)
Youth Just Voices heads north

We are taking the work of Youth Justice Voices out of the central belt and heading north to Aberdeenshire. Join us at the info session to find out more.
#KeepingThePromise – Are We As Trauma-Informed As We Think We Are? Staf’s Journey and Lessons Learned Webinar

Friday 24th February 10am - 12pm (Microsoft Teams)

A step in the right direction

Youth Just Us Participation Consultation relfects on the Children's Care and Justice Bill has been put towards Parliament
Youth Just Us & NKBL designing ‘Nae Danger’ game.

Youth Just Us worker Kevin Lafferty shares a fascinating insight into the groups' involvement in the 'Nae Danger' game created in collaboration with No Lives Better Lives.
Working in partnership to support care leavers to make change

As Care Leavers Week comes to a close, Staf CEO Jo Derrick reflects on the success of the Staf/CYCJ Youth Justice Voices project.
Youth Justice Visionaries: empowering young people to lead change

We talk to Chris Marshall, one of the Youth Justice Visionaries about how the Youth Justice Voices project is empowering young people to lead change.
Consultation response: Raising the Age of Referral to the Principal Reporter

Staf's response to the Scottish Government consultation on raising the age a child can be referred to a Children's Hearing to 18.
Commendation for Youth Justice Voices at Howard League Awards

Our Youth Justice Voices project, a partnership between Staf and CYCJ, has received a commendation at the Howard League Community Awards.
Teaching young people to be happy

In this blog Innes McGuinness, a Youth Just Us member currently in prison, reflects on the importance of teaching young people to be happy.
Youth Justice Visionaries - Topic Guide

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.
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!
Youth Justice Voices Newsletter: Issue 1

This is the first edition of our newsletter created for care and justice experienced young people and created by us, the young people of Youth Just Us.

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
Our history

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

Staf has always had the voice of care-experienced young people at its heart. From the Debate Project to Project Return, The Real Toolkit and Youth Justice Voices our young people's voices have always influenced our work. Find out more about the voice of care-experienced young people.
Current Members

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