Speak Out Summer 2018

SpeakOut WHO CARES? SCOTLAND MAGAZINE

SUMMER 2018

Walking with Love, for Love Read how friends of Who Cares? Scotland have raised over £58,000 for care experienced people, by taking part in Kiltwalks across Scotland

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QUIZ PAGES, SO JUNIOR AND KEEPING UP WITH KEV

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Hello, Welcome to the Summer Issue of SpeakOut! This year Who Cares? Scotland will turn 40, which marks 40 years of supporting care experienced people. To celebrate, at the start of 2018, Who Cares? Scotland launched it’s 40 Acts of Love campaign, which invited our supporters to stand up and celebrate with us by committing to things like; 40 hours of volunteering, raising £40, walk 40,000 steps in one of the Kiltwalks, support 4 care experienced young people with camping equipment so they can attend camp, sign up 40 new friends to WC?S, collect 40 presents for the Care Family Christmas Dinner and some other incredible suggestions. By committing to 40 Acts of Love our supporters are helping us achieve our new strategic vision – a lifetime of equality, respect and love for care experienced people. We are now excited to work with those who showed their support in January 2018, to help them fulfil their Act of Love. In this issue of SpeakOut, see how many friends of WC?S have walked a Kiltwalk already, in order to raise £60,000.

The year’s celebrations continue as Who Cares? Scotland win a campaigning award and the overall excellence award at the 2018 Charity Awards. A incredible achievement!

As the WC?S Family nears its 2000th member, WC?S launches it’s first Annual Membership Survey. Director, Kevin Browne-MacLeod, tells us why more than ever, we are committed to listening and involving you in our work.

We’re only half way through the year, and what a year 2018 has been already. Look out for the next issues of SpeakOut to see what else we have to celebrate. Until then enjoy your summer!

Take care,

The Speak Out! Team xxx

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Welcome Pages

LIFESTYLE 4-5 Celebrating You 6-7

Keeping Up with Kev

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Council Tax Exemption for Care Leavers

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Harvard 2018

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Care Around the World

NEWS & EVENTS 11

Celebrating Volunteers Week

12-13 Kiltwalk 2018 14-15 Fiona Check In 16-17 WC?S Groups 18-19 Meet the (Corporate) Parents 20

Meet Your Care Councillors

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Care Council Update

22-23 Alumni Update 24

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Inverclyde Champions Board

ENTERTAINMENT 27

WC?S Book Club

26-27 What’s Hot What’s Not 28-29 Quiz Pages

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Celebrating you is a space for you guys to tell us what you’ve been gett ing up to and to share anything you proud of. We love getting stuff from might be really you, so please send in your poems, stori es, pictures, jokes or tell us about som favourite hobby or a new pet, and we’ll ething you’ve done, your include it in the next issue of SpeakOu t. memberhip@whocares

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y name is Ryan and last month I was picked to become the mascot for the Glasgow Warriors rugby team on the 18th of May. I am 11 years old and go to school in Ayrshire. I have been in care for 5 years and live with my two sisters and a lovely couple, who are experienced carers. It was my Who Cares? Worker, Donald, who first told me about this great opportunity because he knows how much I like rugby.

When I got to Scotstoun stadium, I was met by Karen Ditch who takes care of all the mascots.

Karen gave me a Warriors shirt, so I would be the same as the team running onto the field. I even met the team coach Dave Rennie, as well as a couple of the players including Lewis Wynne and Brandon Thompson who took me around the whole stadium and showed me the team gym and changing rooms.

Unfortunately, the result didn’t go our way and the Warriors lost the game. Afterwards the boys from the team were pretty harsh on themselves but they still spoke to me and signed my game program. My favourite player is Rob Harley and as he was leaving left the park he spoke to me for ages and I got my photo taken with him. I even spoke to a player, Leone Nakawara, who used to play for the Warriors and had come back to support them. I had a great day and feel very lucky to have got that chance. Thank you to everyone who made it happen. I can’t wait until next season! #WEAREWARRIORS. I would just like to say an extra big thanks to the WC?S Renfrewshire ‘Communities That Care’ team, MacKenzie Construction - one of the official sponsors of the Glasgow Warriors, the Wooden Spoon rugby children’s charity and the Glasgow Warriors for giving me this opportunity.

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NEWSLIFESTYLE & EVENTS

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Bacon Is Life Why is it still raining?

And why am I always complaining.

Grumpy in the morning as normal.

I should really make my mornings more formal.

I really need to eat.

So I’m getting on my feet.

I head out of the door.

Going somewhere I have eaten before.

I rush through the café door And slip on the tiled floor.

I lie there in disgrace.

Until the smell of bacon Slaps me in the face.

Adrenaline fills my veins And I can no longer feel the pain Rushing towards the till Hungry and ready for my fill.

“ROLL AND BACON” I cry out I am told I don’t need to shout “With red or brown sauce” They ask Brown obviously don’t be daft.

I grab the roll with both hands After the cook has met my demands Enjoying the sweet juicy first bite taste I knew my journey had not been a waste.

I have finished my roll now Satisfied with hunger and me But now I just have one question.

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rian won a local council competition. He designed a poster encouraging people to stop feeding the seagulls in and around South Ayrshire!

Here he is with his poster. Good work Brian!

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Sc ooter in the Sun by Frank, 5

Sharon John ston Elephants

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Kev Keeping Up with Kev has returned to the pages of SpeakOut. It’s been 12 years since Kev was Chair of the WC?S Board and a regular feature in SpeakOut, but he’ll be back in every issue from now on, making sure you know what’s going on with your membership. Since the Spring issue was published, Kevin Browne-Macleod, Director of Care Experienced Membership, has been very busy. Here he talks to SpeakOut about his first couple of months in post, the launch of the Who Cares?

Scotland Annual Membership Survey, winning big at this year’s Charity Awards and his future plans for a Membership Roadshow.

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Kevin, how do you feel about the return of Keeping Up with Kev? I feel nostalgic. Not many people call me Kev anymore. It takes me back to my early career, when I started volunteering with WC?S. I’m excited for its revival.

What have you been up to the last couple of months?

What members need to know is that although WC?S membership has been a thing for 3 ½ years, its not been an area that the organisation has made a huge investment in. Not to say that we’ve been neglecting our members, we’ve just been focussing on things like; changing laws, campaigning and advocating for the things we’ve always known need to change on behalf of our members. Now we’re at point where we want to go beyond that and hear from members directly, so they start to shape the future of our work.

What’s it been like getting to know your new team?

It’s been great getting to know the new team. There wasn’t a team behind membership before, so it’s important for members to know that there is now a dedicated team of people

working on membership full time. We know because of the size and scale of membership that we need to keep adding to the team. We are currently the smallest team but with biggest job to do.

Who Cares? Scotland recently won 2 awards at the Charity Awards, one for the 1000 Voices campaign and the overall award. That’s amazing! You and Duncan (Chief Exec) were down in London at the awards ceremony, what was that whole experience like?

We didn’t realise that it was going to be so big. To be honest, we were confident we would win our category because we know how brave our members have been when sharing their stories and how hard our advocates have worked to support them. But we had no idea that we would win overall award! I had to give 2 acceptance speeches and it still makes me nervous to get up in front a room of strangers and share my care experience but I know that it’s an important part of this role. You just have to be conscious of how much you give, which I’m sure members reading this, who’ve shared parts of their story, can relate to.

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What does it mean to Who Cares?

Scotland and its members to win awards like that?

Already its effect on Who Cares?

Scotland’s profile has been noticeable.

Across the UK people are starting to pay attention. It’s so important that our members realise the impact they’ve had is beyond Scotland, it’s UK wide. They should be proud of that.

I mentioned in my acceptance speech that one day WC?S will be run by someone care experienced, members need to know that’s what we’re aiming for.

This survey looks to capture feedback from our members on our current membership offer and how we can improve it.

We are currently sitting at just under 2000 members and we want to hear from as many of you as possible. So if you haven’t done the survey yet, please do, you can find it at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/ r/18membershipsurvey, it should only take you around 15 minutes to complete and every member who takes part is entered into a prize draw.

We are here to serve and represent our members across Scotland, you are the heart of Who Cares? Scotland and more than ever, we are committed to listening and involving you in our work.

WHO CARES? SCOTLA N MEMBERS, WE WANT D FAMILY TO HEAR FROM YOU! There was a rumour that the awards had been misplaced – can you confirm or deny this rumour?

The rumour is true. But through no fault of mine or Duncan’s. In fact, the awards were stolen! But you’ll be glad to know they were recently returned with a post-it saying, “Sorry. I accidentally took your awards”. How someone could have accidentally taken these awards is beyond me. They weigh about 5kg each!

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What will you do with the feedback from the survey?

Once we’ve analysed the feedback, we’ll identify 3 key priority areas where we can meaningfully make a difference which we’ll communicate to members. This process is genuinely about challenging us and what we can deliver for you as part of our life long membership offer.

So other than the membership survey, what are your next priorities?

To compliment the survey, I’ll be visiting 8 regions across Scotland and meeting with members face to face. I’ll be engaging with different groups, ages and types of members and listening to what they want to get from their membership. It’s vital that I get the chance to directly connect with members, I don’t want to be a Director who seems unapproachable. It’s important to me that I get to see and experience where our members live and how they live across the country – there should never be a one size fits all approach.

Thanks for speaking to us Kevin, we’ll catch up with you again in the Autumn issue. Any final thoughts?

Just to say to members, I’m looking forward to catching up with some of you at Summer Camp in a couple of a weeks but for those who can’t make it, I’ll hopefully see you on my Membership Roadshow. I personally can’t wait!

Last week Who Cares? Scotland launched its first Annual Membership Survey – can you tell us a bit more about that and how members reading this can take part?

Within our new strategic vision, Who Cares? Scotland has outlined its desire to create a sense of BELONGING for care experienced people through a growing and engaging membership.

As part of our commitment to engage with members in a meaningful way we are excited to announce the launch of the first Annual Membership Survey!

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Did you know that Care Leavers in Scotland

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t the SNP conference late last year, Nicola Sturgeon announced that Care Leavers under the age of 26 would be exempt from Council Tax. After the announcement of the Care Review, this was another very important step towards the overhaul of the care system in Scotland.

Who Cares? Scotland members have often spoken about how hard leaving care and transitioning to independent living can be. At least 21% of care leavers become homeless within five years, according to Scottish government statistics, while they are three times more likely to be unemployed than their peers.

Getting used to living on your own, without family support can be really tough, and managing your finances and

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juggling bills for the first time is just one of a number of new challenges to face. As we move into the 2018/2019 financial year, this tax exemption should be coming in to action.

If you’re a care leaver aged under 26, are you taking advantage of it? If you have received a Council Tax bill but think you might be exempt, there are a number of things you can do: • Speak to your local council.

• Call Citizens Advice Direct on 0808 800 9060 • Contact your Throughcare and Aftercare Team • Speak to your Who Cares? Scotland worker • Email the Membership Team membership@whocaresscotland.org

This exemption will make an enormous difference to care leavers, giving you one less bill to worry about as you find your feet and adjust to living on your own. It is another example of how Scotland is leading the way with changes to the law in order to improve the lives of care experienced people.

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Harvard 2018 E

very year, Who Cares? Scotland sponsor care experienced young people to spend a summer studying at Harvard University. Kirstie Ann and Sandi are this year’s lucky candidates and have headed off to spend seven weeks studying in Boston. SpeakOut caught up with them before they left Scotland - read the interview below!

Why did you decide to apply for Harvard Summer School?

K: I first heard about the summer programme back in 2015 but I decided that I was too young to apply. So, I waited until 2016 to apply, however, I was unsuccessful. When the opportunity came around again in 2017, I thought why not and applied again. This time round I was successful.

I think it is a fantastic opportunity and one that I will not take for granted. I want people from a care background to realise that even though you might have come from a difficult background, you can still achieve great things.

S: I heard about the opportunity from my Who Cares? Scotland worker who’s allocated to my unit. Then my keyworker, the depute head of my school and my guidance teacher all encouraged me. I loved the idea of it, and the fact that all four of these professionals really believed in me, meant I had to do it. It’s the chance of lifetime, and I’m so excited about going.

What subjects will you be studying at Harvard?

K: Law, Gender and Equality and Technomusicology S: Currently I’m planning to study Technomusicology, and Globalization and Global policy.

What do you hope to gain from this experience?

K: At Harvard, I hope to gain more confidence in meeting new people and being in a new environment.

I also hope to gain life skills and independence that will help me in the future.

S: I wish to gain independent living skills. I plan to move out soon, and I’ve never really not had anybody to look after me. I’ve never embarked on an adventure like this without adult supervision. Making new friends would be really great too. Everywhere I go I like to socialise.

What are you most looking forward to about attending Harvard University?

K: There are a lot of things that I am looking forward to! It will amazing to spend seven weeks in America, somewhere I’ve never visited before.

I am also looking forward to the challenge of studying at one of the most prestigious Universities in the world and the memories that will come along with it.

S: I’m really excited about mixing with people from different places and backgrounds. Exploring Boston and America in general has got me really hyped. In the words of the Americans, this is gonna be awesome!

Kirstie Ann

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Care Around the World:

Affairs Ass istant

By Caitlin McKeown , Public

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hen I started my job at Who Cares? Scotland, I learnt a lot about the Scottish care system, even though I had grown up in care myself, there were still so many things that I hadn’t known because I was in Kinship Care – I didn’t even realise that that was in “Care”! I learned about how difficult the system can be for a lot of young people, and how much Who Cares? Scotland was trying to combat this. The more I learned about our own system, the more it made me wonder what care was like in other countries, so I started to research! I chose Japan as I have a large interest in learning about it. It all started with Anime, and then my interest grew into learning about their culture, language and basically everything I could think of! But their Care System was something I didn’t know about or had even thought about before!

In Japan right now there are around 39,000 children living in ‘alternative care’ (what Japan call their care system), whilst in Scotland there are only around half that number, with 15,317 children in care. To give some context to these figures there are 127 million people living in Japan in total, with 5.3 million people living in Scotland.

Like Scotland, children go into ‘alternative care’ in Japan because the state decides that their parents are unable to care for them properly. There are these things called “baby boxes” which are literally a hole in the wall where parents can anonymously leave their unwanted baby.

These are often used by women who have had a child out of wedlock, which is severely frowned upon by strict traditional Japanese households. The children left in “baby boxes” are usually taken to institutions, what we call care homes. 85% of Japanese children in ‘alternative care’ are cared for in institutions. This is much higher than Scotland where only 10% of kids in care stay in residential care, most stay in foster care at 35%, whilst 28% stay in kinship care and 25% are looked after at home. Japan’s number of kids in institutions is really high compared to other developed countries with similar economies.

Institutional care, in both Japan and Scotland, can be seen to deprive children of family-based care that studies have shown is important for their development and wellbeing.

There is a lack of privacy as these institutions house so

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many young people and there can be bullying. Then there’s the stigma and shame that living in institutions can cause.

I read an article which had interviewed care experienced young people in Japan and was saddened, but not surprised, that these young people suffer from the same lack of love in their care system as we do here in Scotland. A 17 year old boy living in an institution in Tokyo said, “Many of the staff look like they take care of us only because it is their job…

They don’t love us.” Whilst a young woman said “I didn’t feel love when my staff got switched around so often. I felt like I didn’t want to get attached, in case they left again.”

Despite being half way around the world, these feelings are shared by members of Who Cares? Scotland and have led to our campaign for a lifetime of equality, respect and love for care experienced people.

Thankfully, Japan has also decided to act and last year its Ministry of Health announced its new vision for care, with a move away from institutions and instead placing children in loving family environments. It sounds cheesy but the need for love is something that unites us all as human beings, no matter where we’re from. Both Scotland and Japan have acknowledged the absence of love in their care systems and decided to do something about it. It makes me hopeful for the future of children in care across the world.

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o celebrate Volunteers’ Week 2018, Who Cares?

Scotland held a celebration event in June to thank all our volunteers for their dedication, passion and time they give to our members. Along with staff and young people, volunteers came together to celebrate all their hard work and the difference they make.

Our volunteers give their time to help and support different groups attended by our members, as well as helping to raise awareness in communities about the stigma faced by care experienced people and the work Who Cares? Scotland do to challenge it. We currently have 26 volunteers across Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde and Ayrshire who are passionate about making a difference and just love working with young people.

Unfortunately, not all our volunteers were able to make this celebration so I would personally like to thank all of you, you are amazing and we are lucky to have you.

To mark this week, volunteers also shared their experience of volunteering with Who Cares? Scotland and why it is so important to them. Ryan said, “Volunteering with Who Cares? Scotland is super fun, there’s always great activities or events on. The young people, staff and other volunteers are all awesome and super fantastic to work with. I enjoy volunteering at WC?S because it really feels like we make a difference to young peoples’ lives, not just on an individual level but also locally and nationally, even the young people you’ll never meet”.

To all volunteers, happy Volunteers’ Week! Love Who Cares? Scotland.

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W O G S A L G E TH Walking with Love, for Love Who Cares? Scotland is turning 40 this year. To mark the occasion, we launched our 40 Acts of Love campaign, which invited our supporters to stand up and celebrate with us by committing to things like; 40 hours of volunteering, raising £40, walking 40,000 steps in one of the Kiltwalks. The Kiltwalk is a unique Scottish charity event which brings together thousands of walkers of all ages and abilities to have an unforgettable fun day and support their chosen charity. This year, we are asking walkers to ‘Walk with love, for love’ on behalf of our care experienced members. So far, the Aberdeen and Glasgow Kiltwalks have taken place and the current total raised is a whopping £58,000!

A big congratulations to everyone involved. A special shout out has to go to Fundraising Support Officer Laura Mullarkey, who was the brains behind this year’s operation.

On Sunday 29 April an astonishing 460 people took part in the Glasgow Kiltwalk for Who Cares? Scotland.

We were the second biggest charity of the day, which is really impressive considering we were by no means one of the biggest charities there.

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Nicole Darroch, APW for Inverclyde, tells us how they embraced the 40 Acts of Love theme “During our monthly team meeting the South West Region decided we wanted to contribute to the 40 Acts of Love campaign. Who Cares?

Scotland means a lot to all of us and we wanted to do something as a team to celebrate the organisations 40th Birthday. We came up with the idea of trying to get 40 people out with Who Cares? Scotland to sign up to the Glasgow Kiltwalk. So, with lots of pestering… I mean encouragement we asked pretty much everyone we knew to sign up to the Kiltwalk.

On the day, we managed to get an amazing 46 walkers to join us, including family members, friends, old colleagues, even some dogs! The whole South West team was blown away by how dedicated everyone was. We were also walking with some WC?S members and it was fantastic to be able to say, look, these people are all here for you!”

Here’s what some other walkers had to say: “I took part in the Kiltwalk because my niece Nicole works for WC?S. She enthusiastically got a group of us together and we had an amazing day, raising money for a fantastic, worthwhile charity!” – Brenda “I really enjoyed doing the Kiltwalk! I did the 15 miles but I was struggling towards the end! I did it with children from my residential unit and they really enjoyed it too.

I thought it was really rewarding seeing everyone coming together to make a difference. I would do it all over again” - Kimberly “I did it with my mum because she works for WC?S I wanted to help raise money for the kids that aren’t as lucky as me” - Gregor “I did the Kiltwalk because everyone should experience love” Finlay

There are st ill two Kiltw alks left so to walk wit if you want h Who Care s? Scotland Corporate or know a Parent or a friend who for it, please would be u email me! p Laura Mull arkey – lmu llarkey@ whocaress cotland.org .

The dates of th August 19th e final two walks are : Dundee – and Edinbu rgh – Septe mber 16th

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Fiona Checks In Dear Reader,

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ello, I hope you have been enjoying the amazing sunshine – and that we get sunny days for the Who Cares? Summer camp! If you are going, I hope to see you there!

I’m really excited to be sharing news about all that happened during the Discovery stage of the Care Review, as well as the plans for the Journey stage, which began on June 1st.

During Discovery, 854 infants, children, young people and adults who have experience of care shared their voice with the Care Review.

Plus 789 people who work with and care for children and families also gave their views.

If not, don’t worry there is still plenty of time to get involved!

You may have told the Care Review what matters to you, what makes you happy and what doesn’t. If so, thank you so much and I really hope you will continue to travel with the Care Review in Journey.

The Care Review really listened and considered a huge amount of information, facts and figures and reports about the experience of care and the impact it can have. A Discovery group of people with care experience and people who work in the care system have been involved in all of this thinking.

Over the last year the Care Review was told by infants, children and young people in care about lots of things that need to change - so a plan has been developed to make change happen right now. Your help is really needed with this.

Traffic lights are being used to signal what needs to change with red lights for STOP and green lights for GO. Please tell us your great ideas about what you think should get a red or a green light.

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It was also clear that the Care Review must consider all parts of the ‘care system’ and the work to define a vision will continue into the Journey stage.

Also, in lots of our conversations we talked about Love, Rights and Stigma. Let’s continue to talk about these and think about what needs to be done.

To learn more about these, please visit www.carereview.scot/journey/

After lots of thinking, twelve BIG Intentions were developed and a Go-to group of children, young people and adults with care experience checked, challenged, and improved every single one of these.

If you want to share a message about how you would like to support the work of the Care Review you can do this on the website by visiting www.carereview.scot/ pledge/.

Some Go-to group members also provided voiceovers to their own words in the Intentions video which you can view here:- www.carereview.scot/intentions/

There is also a lovely new publication available on the website that has information about the story so far, the Intentions and all of the plans for the Journey. There will be copies available in the Who Cares? Scotland office or you can email info@carereview.scot if you would like a copy sent to you.

The Intentions will guide the work of six groups that will explore areas during the Journey that need deeper understanding about: - Edges of care - Components of care - Justice and Care - Workforce - Health and wellbeing - Best place in the world

By taking this Journey together and with all of your great ideas, determination and hope, it is more likely that change will happen. It might not always be easy but we will support and listen to each other.

Please, whatever your ideas are, big or small - get in touch with the Care Review and share them.

The Care Review really wants to hear from you and understands that for you to take part it has to be at a time, in a place and at a pace that suits you. If there are any reasons or barriers that have stopped you from being involved, let’s try to work together to make sure that you can take part. Just get in touch.

If you know someone that you think might want to get involved, please spread the word on social media and tell your friends and family.

Who Cares? Scotland’s 1000 Voices team are working ideas for fun and interesting ways for people to take part in the work ahead and you’ll be hearing more about these options soon.

So until the next time, take good care and have a fantastic summer.

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You came along to a meeting at Renfrewshire House last year, where you made a ‘super hero’ pledge. Can you tell us what that was?

You are taking your corporate parenting role seriously and are making sure that all of these officers understand it too, what have you done so far?

My pledge as a corporate parent is to ‘Listen to all young people and ensure the response delivered is relevant to their needs’. This pledge is extremely important to me, as it is a constant reminder that young people rely on their corporate parents to not only listen and support them but also to take action and encourage others to do the same.

Our Senior Management Team continues to support the Champions Board and the Corporate Parenting Plan is discussed as an agenda item at the Harm Prevention Lead meeting. We also included a corporate parenting input in a training programme to over 80 Community Police Officers. The young people delivering the training talked about their care experience and their interactions with the police, which was very well received.

As the facilitator I sat through this input three times, and on every occasion, I could sense the positive impact that this had on the Officers in attendance. We intend to deliver this training to response officers as well.

How many Police officers are there roughly in Renfrewshire?

There are about 550 police officers in the Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Division, although we are supported by thousands more including specialist units; firearms, CID, Road Policing, Forensics, Dog/Horses.

Links have been made with the ‘Proud 2 Care’ group in Inverclyde. During a visit to the group it was interesting to hear how language used by officers and being asked to explain their circumstance can greatly affect a young person’s response. This is a potential area for learning / training which we could work on together.

How can you tell that this is making a difference to care experienced young people in Renfrewshire?

The number of missing young people has reduced.

Since the introduction of the new policing model, community officers now regularly visit care homes, promoting trust and respect and giving the young people the confidence to confide in them, which will help us to safeguard them in the future. Also, the police contribution to groups organised for care experienced children has been positively received. The Little Diamonds group in Ferguslie are wonderful.

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(Corporate) Care experienced young people need our corporate parents to understand us and do the very best they can for us. It looks as though Police Scotland are trying hard.

Do you have any advice for other corporate parents that might help them support us too?

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In 2015, 24 organisations were named as corporate parents to Scotland’s care experienced young people, up to the age of 26. One of these was Police Scotland. Sergeant Karen McCrystal works for Police Scotland, in the Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Division. SpeakOut caught up with Karen to find out more about her job, with questions from Who Cares?

Scotland members.

When I first met you, I was amazed when you said that you are care experienced yourself. Do you think that your own experiences inspire you to go above and beyond for care experienced people?

Definitely. Like lots of care experienced young people, I felt when I was growing up that no-one considered my thoughts or feelings when making decisions about my future. I am delighted that with the support of Who Cares? Scotland these young people are now being listened to and provided with support to make positive changes for themselves and future generations. As a corporate parent and a member of the WC?S Alumni I will continue to do whatever I can to help.

These care experienced young people are our adults of the future, we must support them and keep them safe. Staff training is key as well as involving these young people in what you do. If we get this right these young people will go on to be positive role models for others. The police are currently exploring opportunities for recruiting these young people to the Police Scotland Youth Volunteers.

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his issue of SpeakOut comes with a booklet from the exam board SQA, it talks about how they’ve embraced their role as corporate parents, the changes they’ve already made and what they look to do in the future to continue to help Scotland’s care experienced young people.

So, have a flick through and make sure you’re taking advantage of all they have to offer and get in touch and let them know if there’s anything more they can do!

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Meet Your Care Councillors

Lauren Barrie, Aberdeenshire Care Councillor

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am a care experienced young person who has always spoken out against inequality. I got involved with Who Cares? Scotland when I became care experienced at the age of 13.

I went to a local group, which I had heard supported young people in care and I met the amazing Euan, who was very happy to sign me up as a Family Member of Who Cares? Scotland.

A few weeks later I received my membership pack, which was very exciting as I had never had post before. It came with my own membership card and lots of other things. Since signing up to Who Cares? Scotland, I have been made to feel welcome and part of a family.

The first big event I went to was the Time to Shine Festival in 2015, I only knew one person from my group who was going, so I was really nervous.

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the only one going through a tough time, there were so many of us and I knew that wasn’t right.

That year, the YPOC group (Young People Organising and Campaigning) in Aberdeenshire were given the chance to elect someone to sit on the Care Council. We were told the Care Council was going to be a group of care experienced young people whose job would be to represent the voices of care experienced young people all over Scotland. It sounded like just the thing I had been looking for, so I put my name forward. There were a few other young people from the YPOC group who wanted to become one, so we had a vote and I was lucky enough to get the most votes. As a Care Councillor, I represent Who Cares? Scotland Family Members from Aberdeenshire, I sit alongside representatives from nearly every local authority, together we work closely with Who Cares? Scotland’s Board, Duncan the Chief Exec and Senior Management Team to make sure Who Cares? Scotland is listening

to its members. The Care Council also works with corporate parents and the Scottish government as we try and achieve a lifetime of equality, respect and love for care experienced people.

I go to 3 Care Council residentials each year. In the past these residentials have been somewhere for us to learn new skills and build our confidence.

But in 2018, things have stepped up a gear and we are trying to be more pro-active. After the first 2 residentials in March and April, I went back to my group in Aberdeenshire and updated them on what we had been doing and asked them questions on some of the issues we had talked about so I could take their feedback back to the rest of the Care Council. This is what the other Councillors are doing too. This is what being a representative is all about, making sure other care experienced young people’s voices are heard. It’s important to me that when we build a new care system, it’s done by people who are care experienced.

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Care Council Update Who Cares? Scotland is a membership organisation which means we will create opportunities for members to have their say on what the organisation does. The Care Council is a key part of this decision-making process. The Care Council also has the aspiration to positively change Scottish culture to ensure a better future for care experienced people.

The most recent Care Council Gathering happened in April.

This Gathering saw a real shift in momentum for the Care Council.

From the beginning, the planning of this Gathering was approached differently, with the creation of a steering group made up of Care Councillors who set themselves an intensive weekend of learning and development. Councillors also delivered fantastic sessions, teaching their peers new things or encouraging discussion.

Councillors gave impressive updates about what they had been doing in their local area since the last Gathering. What a busy bunch!

Megan Sutherland, WC?S Board Member, explained how the governance of WC?S works which basically means how decisions are made, and where the Care Council and WC?S members fit into this process.

Our MSYPs (Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament) Helen Johnston and Ryan McShane then spoke to the Council about what

they had learned from there first year as MSYPs and gave an update on their first motion which had passed at the SYP Sitting earlier in the year.

The Policy Team, in the shape of Lynzy Hanvidge and Lucy Hughes, challenged Care Councillors to think about how they currently influence people outside of WC?S and look at what the relationship between the Care Council and the wider world could be.

Councillors worked on creating a draft role description for themselves, which will be shared with the wider membership once finished.

Prompted by Councillor Chloe Wyper, Representative for Glasgow, the Council then started a very important discussion on the best ways to communicate with Who Cares? Scotland Family Members, so that every member, no matter what age, or where they live, or what care experience they have, feels listened to.

Care Councillors left the

Gathering with lots to think about and next steps to take before they return for the August Gathering, and continue to push forward.

When asked to reflect on the weekend, one Councillor had this to say, “Coming back to the Care Council has helped me get my passion for change back. It’s back now and I’m ready to fight for what’s right.” It is this passion and determination that will help the Care Council shape the world around it, on behalf of all members and care experienced people.

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From Care

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cotland’s Care Experienced Alumni are a group of adults with care experience who aim to be a force for change in Scotland and across the world. In the past few months Alumni members have been

progressing a number of exciting projects, while coming together to create a Mission Statement and Plan for the year ahead.

The Alumni aim to bring together adults with care experience nationally and internationally and to have a rich and meaningful conversation with young people in care. The Alumni want to work

to ensure that: the lifelong impact of care experience is understood, the stigma and discrimination faced by care experienced people is eliminated; care experienced voices inform legislation and policymaking, and those whose voices which may be quieter (e.g. the very young and minority groups) are heard.

Shumela Ahmed – criminalisation , disclosure,lived experience Working with WC?S over the past six months, I have been helping the corporate parenting team to deliver training to Disclosure Scotland and have been giving various inputs at events to highlight the issues faced by care experienced people around ‘disclosure’ and the whole PVG system. Many care experienced people face criminalisation and gain convictions for very minor things, which can create difficulties when applying for jobs. I myself have had difficulties with disclosure and previous convictions so was happy to help when WC?S asked if any of their members had experience of the PVG system. This work has led to me being invited to sit on a new alliance created by the Scottish Government and Disclosure Scotland called Scotland Works for You. We are currently working to resolve many of the issues around disclosure for care experienced

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people and hope there will be some very visible changes in the near future.

Another interesting project I’ve been involved in is the Resilience University, which aims to bring together people who have experienced various kinds of trauma – including abuse and neglect, domestic violence and drug and alcohol addiction – and who have lived experience which can help improve services. This group will be employed as paid “lecturers”, delivering training to organisations across the country. The Resilience University will also act as a development hub for this group – providing support, professional development opportunities and hopefully accredited qualifications.

At a personal level, when I left school at the age of 14 and with no formal qualifications, I never had much hope for my future when I

was growing up in care. However, fast forward 20 plus years - I am now in a place I never thought possible!

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James Frame – care leavers and homelessness

My passion is to improve the experience of leaving care, especially for those who become homeless. Back in November 2017, I watched a tv documentary about The Roots Foundation Wales developing a care centre for care leavers moving into independent living, with tailored support for individuals’ needs. As a care leaver who had experienced homelessness myself, I was frustrated that nothing similar existed in Scotland.

Since then, I’ve been engaging with a wide range of people and organisations, including the Independent Care Review, Life

Changes Trust and the Minister for Local Government and Housing. Excitingly, in the past week, the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) have offered me funding to visit and research a range of services across the UK in order to identify best practice.

My ultimate aim is to create a model care centre for care leavers, offering effective support and meaningful opportunities. Too many care leavers end up in dangerous and unsuitable accommodation, without proper help – we can’t let this continue.

Ellen Maloney – “From me…to me, with love”

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his last year, I’ve thought a lot about what it was like for me growing up. Who I was when I was 12 years old. What was important to me, what I worried about, what made me happy. What I’ve come to realise is that my 12-year-old self was quite lonely. There were a lot of things I kept inside. There were a lot of things I needed but didn’t have anybody to turn to. There were many moments when I was scared and didn’t have anybody to speak to.

This is how the “From me…to me, with love” project was born – out

a need for self-compassion, out of the need to turn up that voice in your head that cheers you on and tells you that you’re doing just fine.

It really is never too late to “be the person you needed when you were younger”.

“From me, to me, with love” is about bringing together adults with care experience to write letters to their younger selves, communicating all the things that they would want their younger self to know. All of the things that they wish someone had told them. This can be both

a meaningful exercise in selfexploration and self-care and also a unique and powerful way to provide inspiration and hope to young people who are currently in care.

In the past few months we’ve run workshops in Edinburgh, Arbroath and Aberdeen. We’re publishing all the letters anonymously on our website - in time, hopefully in a book.

There will also likely be numerous opportunities to showcase and highlight this work at local and national conferences and events.

Watch this space!

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his May we had our first Champions Board meeting in Inverclyde. The meeting was attended by 8 young people from our Proud to Care group including myself, Connor, Roberta, Dillon, Molly, William and Curtis. Then we had Who Cares?

Scotland staff - Nicole, Shannon, Ian and Donna. As well as other workers from the group Aileen and Jennifer.

We had lots of corporate parents from Police, Health, Education, Fire and Social Work at our meeting. Originally, we had practiced a drama script about the children’s hearings and how we wanted them to be improved but we decided to do that at a different meeting when people from the Children’s Hearing System would be there, who can help us make change. So, we decided to focus on the stigma presentation. As a group we wanted the corporate parents to experience what it is like to feel stigmatised, and that exercise went really as it gave them an insight in to what care experience young people and adults can face every day because we are in care.

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experience, as an individual and also as part of a team. For this exercise the groups were made up of young people and adults, the groups came up with really good ideas on how they can tackle stigma.

One group suggested that corporate parents help us deliver our stigma presentation across schools in Inverclyde. We also had pizza, Dominos of course.

When asked how they thought the first meeting had gone, Molly said, “I think it made a positive impact” and William was pleased that “it was a really inspirational night”.

We are all looking forward to our next meeting, hopefully we can help change the care system for young people.

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WC?S Book Club A review of Tracy Beaker Natasha (14)

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ho Cares? Scotland launched a Book Club in May. We all know that there are loads of characters in TV shows, movies and books who are care experienced, but we wanted to know how much like real care experienced people our members thought they were.

Every month we send out a different book for members to keep and review. Natasha writes about her experience of joining Book Club and reviewing Tracy Beaker!

Hi, I’m Tasha, I joined the Book Club when my Key Worker Gary told me about it. At first, I didn’t think I would get anything, but I was really surprised and excited when the Tracy Beaker book arrived.

I had watched Tracy Beaker on TV, but the book was different, and I was excited to find out how much.

Since moving recently, I have been wanting to get back to mainstream school, but I was nervous, in case I struggled and was left behind, reading was my way of finding out whether I was ready.

When the book arrived, I managed to get into it really quickly and I was amazed how much I remembered about Tracy and her enemy Justine Littlewood. Obviously, I can relate to the stories since it’s about a girl who is in care, even though she’s younger than me. It’s not just focused on care though, which is good.

The way its told in Tracey’s own words is brilliant. It makes me feel like I know her which is good. I really like it because Tracy gets frustrated the same as I do, but I love that she’s still got a great imagination and wants to be a star.

I also like the character of Mike, who is a staff member. I like him because he’s got a good heart and shows he really does care for Tracy. Her foster mum Cam is nice too. I do think the book is always realistic though because care is not all happy for everyone and the book shows you that even though bad things can happen to make you sad or angry you can move on and make your life better.

So far, I have only read the first book in the trilogy but I have just started the second one. A bit I really liked about the book was the Tracy Beaker Fact File because it tells you more about her, like her top ten loves and hates.

Thanks for letting me be a part of the Book Club and getting me interested in reading again.

You too can join Book Club, just email Caitlin & Kenny at bookclub@whocaresscotland.org

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Restaurant Review

oth lovers of seafood, Robyn and her WC?S advocate, Jemma, went for a catch up at Catch, a fish & chip restaurant located in Giffnock. Here’s what Robyn had to say about the experience...

Food: I went for the classic option, a fish supper. The batter was crispy, the fish tasted fresh and the chips were great too. One of the coolest things about the dish was the vinegar, which arrived on the plate in a tiny spray bottle! Dessert was irresistible, a warm and gooey chocolate brownie, served with vanilla ice-cream. Heaven.

Atmosphere: The restaurant was decorated nicely and there was a nice atmosphere.

Service: The staff were really welcoming and friendly.

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Cost: The only downside about our experience at Catch was the price. As far as fish and chips go, it was more expensive than any standard chip shop.

Would you recommend to others?

Yes, I would. Overall it was a good experience and I would go again!

By Robyn

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Jamie (11) and Josh (11)

amie and Josh tell us about their trip to Inverkip beach this summer.

Josh: “Me and Jamie played badminton on the beach at Inverkip. Then I played Nicole and every time I scored I shouted “pointttttttttttt” really loud! It was really funny, but I don’t think Nicole’s ears liked it.”

Jamie: “I liked driving to the beach in the car, as we all got to pick a song and listen to music. We had some weird music choices. Josh likes Bon Jovi, I like the band Kiss, Shannon was picking Mcfly and Nicole was picking Michael Jackson.”

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Ice Skating Day Cacey (10) and Rockcey (10)

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t was a sunny but cold day. It was the school holidays and pancake day. Jemma and Rosie picked us up to go ice skating.

We went to Auchenharvie where we hired 4 pairs of ice skates and a penguin. The penguin was for Rockcey and Rosie. Our beautiful penguin was called Popper. Ice skating was fun, everyone enjoyed it. We skated for 1 ½ hours, we kept asking to skate around the ice rink one more time. We did that five times. After the skating we went for hot chocolate and tea. The lady in the cafe gave us an ice cream sundae to share for free. Overall it was a really fun day.

We were sad to leave Popper behind, but we will see him soon.

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