SpeakOut Junior Spring 24

! r o i n u J SPRING 2024

CARE DAY P4-5

CARE EXPERIENCED HISTORY MONTH P8-9

IN IT TO WIN IT P12

Hey! Welcome back to SpeakOut Junior, Who Cares? Scotland’s magazine for our younger members.

This issue I’ll be telling you all about International Women’s Day and Care Experienced History Month. And you’ll hear from members who attended this year’s Carelidh. I hope you all had a

happy Care Day. I’m looking forward to getting outside to play, I love seeing the flowers bloom and going for picnics with my friends.

Buddy Love,

Send us your art, poems and jokes!

For a chance to appear in the next issue of SpeakOut Junior, photograph or scan your creations and email them to: membership@ whocaresscotland.org or post to 40 Wellington Street, Glasgow, G2 6HJ. Don’t forget to add your name, age and address.

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Find out what’s

in this issue…

Celebrating You

Care Day pages 4-5

Ask Buddy... pages 6-7

pages 10-11 Care Experienced History Month..........8 - 9 In It to Win It............... 12 Fun Page.................... 13 The Phone Book...... 14-15

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Celebrating Each year we mark Care Day on the 2nd Friday in February. This is a time for communities to unite to raise awareness of what care experience is and celebrate Care Experienced people.

Who Cares? Scotland throws a ceilidh (or Carelidh!) each year to celebrate. A ceilidh is a traditional Scottish dance where people wear kilts, eat haggis, and dance special dances. Of course, Buddy was there this year, dressed in his finest kilt!

Who Cares? Scotland members, Ryan and Kirsty, came to this year’s Carelidh and wrote about all the fun they had...

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Care Day!

By Ryan and Kirsty

This year the Carelidh took place in Glasgow at The Engine Works and one of my highlights was the bright decorations, creating an atmosphere of warmth and fun.

Colourful lights spread cheer and delight. As I walked through the busy rooms, I couldn’t help but feel excited. The night was electric from the moment people started arriving and as the music kicked off, people flooded the dance floor.

I found myself swept away by the

beats of the drums and the energy of the dancers, losing myself in the celebration unfolding around me.

If you weren’t dancing your socks off there was the chance to get your face painted, get temporary tattoos, get a drawing of yourself done or get photos from the photo booth to take home with you.

But beyond the big festivities, the small moments from this year’s Carelidh are the ones I’ll remember… sharing laughter and stories with friends and family, eating delicious treats and taking a moment to appreciate the simple joys of life.

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Ask Buddy

Asking questions helps us understand the world around us.

On this page, I’ll do my best to answer your questions! If you are still not sure, you can ask a grown-up you trust or someone who works for Who Cares?

Scotland to read over this page with you.

What is International Women’s Day? International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world on the 8th of March each year to highlight the successes of women and girls, raise money for women’s charities, and campaign for the equal rights of women.

In the past, and sometimes still today, women have had fewer opportunities than men. They might not be allowed to:

Go to school

Have a job

That is why we must keep talking about what still needs to change, to make sure that women and girls everywhere have equal rights.

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Vote

Drive a car

When everyone is treated fairly, no matter their gender, sexuality, whether they are Care experienced or not – the world will be a better place.

Great Girls of the World We think all women and girls should be celebrated, but here are a few and the great things they’ve done:

Malala Yousafzai is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Malala grew up in Pakistan and at age 11 the Taliban took over control of the village where she lived. They said girls could no longer go to school. Malala began speaking out in protest and when she was 14 she was attacked and her family fled to the UK. Now Malala has graduated from Oxford University and has set up a charity to continue to fight for girls around the world to receive an education.

Megan Rapinoe famously led the U.S. Women’s National Football team to become World Cup Champions in 2019. But there’s so much more to Rapinoe than her ball skills! Rapinoe is a devoted women’s rights advocate who has been fighting for equal pay in sports.

Greta Thunberg is one of the world’s most widely known climate activists. At age 15 Greta held the first “School Strike for Climate” outside the Swedish parliament in 2018. The protest was widely covered, and hundreds of thousands of young people across the world joined her “Fridays for Future” strikes. She has since spoken in front of leaders across the world.

Ada Lovelace was born in 1815 and is considered by some to have been the first ever computer programmer.

Ada grew up fascinated with maths and science which was very unusual for a woman at the time.

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Care Experienced In April, we celebrated Care Experienced History Month. This year our members Leah, Billy, Rebecca, and Charlie worked with people who study history to make a Tik Tok series to share what they had learnt.

#CEHM2024

Rebecca told us about the history of “Poorhouses” where Care Experienced people were sent in the 1900s in Scotland.

Poorhouses were not very nice places to live. They were dirty and people living there . often got sick because of this

Leah talked about “child migration”, which was a time when the government sent the children of poor families away to live in other countries like Australia and Canada. Thankfully they stopped doing this about 40 years ago.

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History Month

Billy learned about “Industrial Schools” where children were sent to learn skills. This was sometimes as a punishment for bad behaviour or for just being Care Experienced. Boys learned crafts like woodwork and joinery, while girls learned to wash, cook, and sew.

So ho w thing did bette s get rf Expe or Care rienc ed peop le?

Through campaignin g, activism, and government pr essure over the last 150 years po orhouses, industrial schools, an d child migration have beco me things of the past.

s r e t c a r a h C d e c n e Care Experi Finally, Cha rlie talked a bout how Care E xperienced people have been portrayed in films.

Did you kn ow that Sp iderman, Batman, an d Harry Po tter were all Ca re Experien ced?

Spiderman was looked after by his aunt and uncle, as was Harry Potte r, and Batm an was cared for by the state.

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Celebrating

YOU

This is the part of SpeakOut Junior whe re we get to hea r from you about all the excitin g things yo u have be up to. If yo en u’d like to see yourse the next m lf in agazine, a sk a grown email com -up to ms@whoc aresscotla org to sen nd. d us your photos, artwork or stories. Or send them to 40 Well ington Str eet, Glasgow, G2 6HJ.

Sinead & The Lightning Thief Well done to Sinead who performed in the musical, The Lightning Thief with Kelvin College. Sinead played the part of Katie Gardner and had to rehearse in preparation for the show all day, three times a week!

“My favourite day of rehearsals was the day we went into the theatre for the first time. We did this the week before the show once we started to rehearse, I was starting to get nervous, but I was also excited. I had the best time on stage during the shows and it went so quickly.”

Perfect Pikachu Thank you to 7-yearold Lacey from Falkirk for sending us this adorable drawing of Pikachu. We’d love to collect drawings of all the Pokémon!

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Gotta catch em’ all!

All I want is a Duck!

JJ from North Lanarkshire Children’s Home sent us his comic strip which is about being listened to. The comic shows JJ is sad as he does not have a duck. Then he asks staff for a pet duck.

Then he researches ducks. His workers support him to get a duck. The story ends with a happy JJ, as he has a pet duck. What do you wish for? Why not make your own comic strip about it!

Wee Diamonds are

Out & About

The Wee Diamonds group have been making the most of the weather lately by enjoying a trip to the park to play some rounders and feed the swans.

This group for members and their carers meets fortnightly for fun activities in Paisley.

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In It To Win It

Once you have completed the IN IT TO WIN IT pages please return them to us by Thursday 29th August 2024 to be in with a chance of winning a £25 voucher of your choice. You can do this by giving the page to your Who Cares? Scotland Advocate or by asking a grown-up to email a photo of your entry to membership@whocaresscotland.org or post it to 40 Wellington Street, Glasgow G2 6HJ. Good luck!

How many of each thing can you see in the picture?

YOUR NAME: PHONE: AGE: CONTACT NUMBER: 12

Last Issue’s Winners: Denica (7) & Thomas (10)

Just For Fun Colour Me In Cut this page out and send us your finished picture! We love seeing your artwork.

Ask a grown up to either email us at membership@whocaresscotland.org or post it to 40 Wellington Street Glasgow, G2 6HJ.

Sketch inspired by Edwin Martinez photograph CC BY 2.0 Wikimedia Commons.

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The WC?S Phone Book Find out if we have an advocate in your area West Central Morag Cantwell Advocacy Coordinator (Forth Valley) 07523 512 612 Mary Bateman APW Falkirk and Stirling 07739 078 247

Sharon Edwards APW West Lothian 07779 451 117 Sophie Edwards APW West Lothian 07849 086432

Caroline Ironside APW Stirling 07849 084 996

Sarah Herbert APW Kibble and East Dunbartonshire 07849 086 681

Jemma Kane Advocacy Coordinator (Kibble) 07540 823 286

Joanne Hunter Development Officer (Clackmannanshire) 07715 312 015

Rachel Outram APW West Lothian 07985 089 947

Sorcha Tams APW Falkirk and Good Shepherd Centre 07598 580 320 Sherril Wright APW Falkirk and Clackmannanshire 07849 090 688 Beth Simpson APW (SP) West Dunbartonshire 07787 560 467 Johanna Kaz APW Stirling and Seamab 07971 474 168

South East Keira Kerracher APW Edinburgh & Sycamore 07849 083 003

Kieran Platts Development Officer Edinburgh 07841 033 104

Josh Gilbert APW Edinburgh & Scottish Borders (Mat Cover) 07849 083 003

Keith Ward Development Officer – South East (CB/ Communities that Care) 07712 870335

Denise McMillan APW East Ayrshire 07932 101 076

Sheryl Kay APW South Ayrshire 07738 195 692

Carolelynne Cameron Lifelong Advocate 07748 145 955

Lindsay Cook APW East Renfrewshire 07973 801 709

Pamela Hynes APW Argyll & Bute, Crossreach 07739 078 244

Caroline Breen APW Renfrewshire 07394 418 025

Sophie Morris APW East Lothian 07985 046 739 Lisa Fleming APW Midlothian 07712 872 078 Ellie Crozier APW Edinburgh 07712 870 390

South West

Fiona Simpson APW Glasgow 07787 560 472 Kim Campbell APW Glasgow 07712 870 343

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Heather Nailard APW Argyll & Bute 07769 325 000 Claire Campbell Lifelong Advocate 0330 107 7540

Donald Walker Advocacy & Participation Coordinator 07712 865 958

Grown ups, you can find out more about our advocacy referral process by visiting our website whocaresscotland.org Lanarkshire Ray MacLean Advocacy Coordinator North Lanarkshire 07523 512 800 Brenda Ann Murphy APW North Lanarkshire 07849 083 141 Elle Scott APW North Lanarkshire (Mat Cover) 07849 086 188 Jacqueline McLachlan APW North Lanarkshire 07841 033 020 Kerry Connor APW North Lanarkshire 07841 033 019

Lisa Allan APW North Lanarkshire 07790 341 265

Lynne Morris APW South Lanarkshire 07786 068 138

Mags Corr APW North Lanarkshire 07841 033 018

Michelle McAtear APW South Lanarkshire 07841 033 107

Russell Stewart APW North Lanarkshire 07849 083 248

Louise Murdoch APW South Lanarkshire 07849 090 684

Laura Campbell Development Officer North Lanarkshire CB 07849 086 191 Ewen Kerr Advocacy Coordinator South Lanarkshire 07970 515 442

North Jantine van Loon APW Highland 07850 852 708

Karen Monkman APW Orkney 07849 087 753

Sian Wild APW Shetland and Participation and Project Coordinator 07974 370 714

James Cameron Coordinator 07583 050 179

North East Lynne Williamson APW Aberdeenshire 07712 869 576

Jessica Varney APW Rossie YP Trust 07849 083 246

Ashley Donaldson APW North East 07743 936 550

Abigail Pass APW Angus 07810 570 222

Paul Lamont APW Dundee 07787 436 681

Ewan Duthie APW North East Peripatetic 07825 269 678

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