Speak Out Winter 2016

SpeakOut WHO CARES? SCOTLAND MAGAZINE

WINTER 2016

Nicola Sturgeon Announces Review of the Care System E BUMPE The First Minister shows she is taking her Corporate Parenting responsibilities seriously as she announces review that will be “driven by those who have experience of care” P18-19

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QUIZ PAGES, SPEAKOUT JUNIOR & PULL OUT 2017 CALENDAR!

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Welcome to the Winter 2016 Issue of SpeakOut! Put on your Christmas jumper, unwrap that selection box and cosy up with this year’s winter issue of Speak Out! Oh have we got a festive treat in store for you, this bumper issue is filled with lots of Christmas spirit and so much more. We will reflect on 2016 in our Regional Roundup and an article explaining what the First Minister’s announcement really means for you. Lynzy tells us about the fun she had at the Time to Shine Festival. We’ll hear about the first Care2Create group in Tayside and other arty folk have sent in their creations which you should check out in the Celebrating You pages. The Christmas card competition winners are announced – Well Done Shane, Lisa and Kieran! And, make sure you play our Christmas themed quiz pages to be in with a chance to win one of five £20 vouchers of your choice. And for those of you who like to be organised, look at the centre pages of the issue for your exclusive Who Cares? Scotland Family 2017 pull out calendar.

We’ll see some of you on Christmas Day for our Care Family Christmas Dinners (if you’d like to find out about our Christmas Dinners please phone the National Office or ask your APW) and those of you we won’t see we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Lots of love,

The Speak Out! Team xxx

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Welcome

Lifestyle...

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Celebrating You

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Tayside Launches Care 2 Create

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Alumni Update

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Reflections

News & Events...

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Aberdeenshire Video Launch

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Meet the Corporate Parents

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Meet your…

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NCLWS16

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WC?S Family 2017 Calendar

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The First Minister’s Announcement

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What’s Hot and What’s Not

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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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By Laur

Look at me I have blonde hair I have blue eyes I have a personality I have clean clothes I have good health I have a good job I have people that love me I’m just the same as you, Although I’m in care.

So why do you treat me different?

Why do you judge me if I’m walking Down the street with a staff member And not my mam or dad?

Why do you make me feel bad About where I stay?

What do you get out of laughing And bullying me for being looked after?

Why do you think twice about your little girl of boy Playing with a child in care, In the play park?

Why should I feel ashamed or bad about where I stay Just because you’re telling me to?

Why do you assume children are put into care Because they are difficult or complicated to look after?

Why do you treat me different in school?

Like I did something wrong and I should be suspended.

And you keep me in school because I’m a child in care, Then why do you treat me different?

Why do you think residential or foster care is a bad thing?

We’re just the same as you.

We still have feelings, We are still people, We still get upset by your judgement and comments, We still want to be loved, properly.

And most of all, We want our voice to be heard.

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Pedalling for

Christmas Who Cares? Scotland staff cycle from Glasgow to Edinburgh to raise money for the Christmas Appeal.

On September 21st an enthusiastic team of lycra clad WC?S staff got on our bikes to cycle 46 miles from Glasgow to Edinburgh to raise money for the Christmas appeal. Donald, Euan, Harriet, Robert, Linda, Jamie and I all took part. Our hearts were very much the driving force of the cycle. We are so proud to announce we raised £1,500. A huge thank you to the team and to our awesome sponsors. The money will go towards our annual Care Family Christmas Dinner which makes sure care experienced young people have somewhere to spend Christmas Day. Here’s to a great Christmas for our care experienced members.

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Winter Mighty

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ieron and Jake recently climbed Ben Nevis. They were keen to share their experience with their fellow Who Cares?

Scotland members.

Kieron explained how the idea for the activity came about “I woke up one morning and asked Rachel if I could climb Ben Nevis. Rachel said No problem”. “I then asked if Jake could come with us”. Jake explained “I said no at first but Kieron talked me into it”.

Both boys commented on the outing “It was a team effort; Rachel, Peter and Stewart came with us. Peter was quite slow. The staff helped us get to the top.

Together we raised over £700 for Cancer Research”.

Jake’s highlights and advice “My best bit of the day was getting Chinese takeaway after the climb. My advice is to climb smaller hills like the Loudon and the Merrick as training”.

Kieron’s highlights and advice “My best bit of the day was getting to the top. It was hard, make sure you train before you try to climb it”.

Kieron has already identified his next challenge; he’s hoping to do a Skydive next year.

Well done to Kieron and Jake for reaching the summit of the highest mountain in Scotland and for raising a large sum of money for charity.

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It’s time to sa y goodbye But try not to cry Well done you gave it a try Don’t hide and take pride Take it in your stride even though the tear s you cried Are borne of pa in And anxiety When all you want is to be free I’ll put d own my pen

Allison says “I am extremely proud to have been invited to attend the launch of the ‘Winter Windows’ being displayed in the Winter Wonderland in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh”. Allison, aged 13 won an art competition after her teacher entered her design into the Winter Windows competition. There were well over 200 entries from primary, special and secondary schools within Edinburgh. Allison was one of 25 winners chosen to have their designs printed onto to a window to hang in East Princes Street Gardens. The theme for the windows was ‘architecture’ and pupils were encouraged to be creative and use a range of techniques to design their buildings, real or imaginary and make them festive and fantastic. Well done Allison, we’re proud of you!

By S teph anie

And the lesson s learned And take with me My knowledge earned.

Now is the tim e for me to live upon the world my skills I gi ve and hope that my future will hold a life of happin ess and love tenfold.

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he young people at Burnside in West Dunbartonshire turned their home in to a spooktacular extravaganza for Halloween this year! They had a fantastic time making homemade decorations and transforming the whole house. All the young people felt that holidays like Christmas and Birthdays are a difficult time for them, as it’s a reminder that they are not with their families, but Halloween is a holiday they can celebrate without feeling sad that they are in care. One young person was particularly proactive and helpful with the decorations and even used the ideas he came up with to make scary decorations with his younger brother and sister, showing them that he was a fun big brother and always part of the family even if he doesn’t live with them just now.

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NEWSLIFESTYLE & EVENTS

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s e h c n u a L e d i s y Ta its First Ever

e t a e r C 2 e Car Group Deksi-Leigh, 14

The first Care2Create group was a Halloween party and it was great fun!

There were people from Perth, Dundee and Arbroath. There was food, pumpkin carving, games, plus Marcus and a friend played guitar. They were great, so me and a friend sat and sang along. All of us together made a chilled environment and everyone

got along. It wasn’t the biggest party, but it was the first one. There was a lot to do like face painting and hitting the piñata. I enjoyed the party and hopefully everyone else did to!

It would be great to see more people there next time, so come along and join the fun!

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! y t r a p n e Hallowe Darren Devers, ant Participation Assist

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he WC?S service at Kibble delivers Children’s rights awareness, individual and collective advocacy and participation opportunities for all young people. We also deliver a weekly group which has grown since it’s launch in January and now has a high number of regular attendees. Young people come along to take part in issue based group work whilst getting the chance to meet other young people on the campus, as well as take a break from everyday living. Recently the group decide to hold a Halloween party, the Young people requested we have this at Lapwing Lodge in the Gleniffer Braes – so that’s what we did! Eight young people attended the party. They all got tucked into the food and participated in activates set up by WC?S staff which involved toasting marshmallows round

the fire and telling spooky stories. To end the night, we all played a scary game of hide and seek in the woods, thankfully everyone was found!

All the young people really enjoyed their trip and are in the progress of planning more adventures.

Chelsea, 14, said, “the WC?S staff always take us by surprise! Each trip we continue to create lasting memories. I loved it and enjoyed the break from campus”.

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WHO ARE WE? AURA BEVERIDGE L Alumni Development Officer.

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aura Beveridge, Alumni Member and new Alumni Development Officer, talks about why care identity matters and what her plan for the Alumni of Care Leavers is.

I used to be scared of owning my identity as a care leaver. I didn’t want to say it out loud. “I grew up in care.”

I had been told for years, personally and professionally, that the fact I have been in care is something that I should hide.

In 2013, I became a Mum and started to think about what I wanted to teach my daughter. I started to think about my values, where I came

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from and what I believed in. I felt really strongly about children’s rights, empowering young people and stood against any form of discrimination and stigma. That’s because at 15 years old, I was told I was on the road to jail. I had felt like my life, the contribution I would make to the world, had already been written off. I know what it feels to be judged for something you aren’t in control of.

As a Senior Residential Care Worker.

I saw young people battle with the exact same stigma I experienced.

“Remember that you don’t need to tell anyone this is where you live.”, they

“...at 15 years old, I was told I was on the road to jail.

I had felt like my life, the contribution I would make to the world, had already been written off.” were told, as if it was that easy to just ignore part of your life.

It is my belief that young people can own their identity as someone with care experience in a positive way. That it can become part of their strength base, not something they should be ashamed of. We just have to show them that it’s okay.

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people I remembered when I hit rock bottom. It was these stories that told me that no matter how hard things get, I wasn’t alone in my struggle.

Others had been there and not just “lived to tell the tale”. They were thriving, successful, unapologetic.

Having a community of people that can own their identity positively will have a massive impact on how a young person can feel about their story, being in care and their future. I’m so excited to see what the Alumni will mean for young people in care right now. I want it to be a beacon of hope and of belonging.

I have shared my experience in many different ways in the last year.

I’ve spoken at conferences. I’ve been featured in newspaper articles. I’ve spoken on radio. Most recently, I delivered a Ted Talk; Kids in Care: Let’s Start A Revolution.

Being clear about who you are, and being shown that you shouldn’t be ashamed, is a big part of how people deal with discrimination.

2015 was the turning point for me because I joined the Who Cares?

Scotland Family. That meant I was an official member of the Alumni of Care Leavers and I went along to my first meeting.

I felt so welcome. Everyone there talked freely about their experience and I felt a real sense of belonging. I didn’t need to make up a cover story of my childhood. I didn’t have to worry about people feeling sorry for me as I talked about life in a children’s home and with different foster families. They just got it. That helped me realise that growing up in care is just part of my story, it isn’t the whole thing.

When you keep something hidden though, you don’t get the chance to understand that. Silence can make things bigger than they really are.

I didn’t often get to be in a space where there are no barriers, no judgement and bags of motivation.

It felt like meeting long lost family.

The connection that I feel every time I meet someone with care experience is wonderful and it’s a joy to get to be part of other people feeling that way too.

“Being clear about who you are, and being shown that you shouldn’t be ashamed, is a big part of how people deal with discrimination.”

I am finally free to be myself and know that I am part of an amazing network of people that want to change care for the better.

The last year has been a personal journey for me. I’m going to be spending my time with Who Cares?

Scotland growing the alumni of care leavers.

There’s thousands of us out there and I’m determined that anyone who wants to will get to be part of this family. The Alumni will be made up of people from many different walks of life with different experiences of care. It is the determination to give something back, to use our experiences in a positive way, that will unite us.

As a young person I met two care workers that had care experience. They shared little snippets of their time in care and their words of support and guidance meant the world to me. I knew it was honest and came from the heart. Meeting adults with care experience gave me hope that life might just be okay. These are the

Having a community of people that can own their identity positively will have a massive impact on how a young person can feel about their story, being in care and their future. I’m so excited to see what the Alumni will mean for young people in care right now. I want it to be a beacon of hope and of belonging.

I did it because every time I spoke, another care experienced person reached out to me and said a version of “I don’t talk about the fact I’ve been in care. I want to but I don’t think people will understand.”

I now want to take other people with care experience on this journey.

The only qualifier to becoming a member of the Alumni is that you have experienced care.

In my TED Talk I invited people to be part of a revolution. The journey starts by joining me and this family. Come with us.

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by Toni, 1

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hen you think about a 16-yearold in foster care, you would think they would be able to speak about it. But I haven’t spoken to anyone about being in foster care, because I always think that if I tell someone about it they will think “her parents couldn’t look after her” or “she has problems”.

It all started at the age of five. I remember a group of strangers taking me and I was confused as I didn’t understand what was going on. They took me out into a car where my younger brother was. As the strangers were speaking to me I started to feel stressed and worried, as I didn’t know where my older brothers were. The car journey was very difficult and upsetting, neither me or my younger brother spoke. We arrived at a strange place, l was distraught and I refused to get out of the car. Eventually, I was persuaded to leave the car and l went into a house where my foster carers stayed. My younger brother went straight into one of the carers arms

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but I was very shy and never uttered a word. Later, we were shown our rooms.

I was overjoyed when I saw a bed to sleep in and clothes to keep me warm.

There were so many new things like having food to eat (which wasn’t an everyday occurrence at my Mum and Dad’s house), toys to play with and a bath to wash in, I didn’t know what to do with myself.

A few days later I was enrolled at the local primary school. l found this quite intimidating, confusing and exciting as l had never really been to nursery, never mind school.

My old social worker was a big part of my life, I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for him. The social work department has played a big part in my life as they have made all decisions for me, good and bad, I didn’t really feel l had a say. I have been living with my foster carers now for 11 years and I wouldn’t change it, it’s probably one of the best decisions that have been made in my life. However, it doesn’t work out that way for all

children and my older brother is an example of that.

Everyone treated me like family and I was encouraged to do the things that l enjoyed as l grew up. At birthdays and Christmas l received everything l wanted. We went to a holiday park as a family and had such an amazing time, so much so that my foster carer bought a caravan. If I had still been with my Mum and Dad I wouldn’t have known what a holiday was, I wouldn’t have had such opportunities.

I just want to say a big THANK YOU to the social work department and my foster carers, as I’ve had the best 11 years. I could have been uneducated with no future, I might not have even made it to this age. I went from having nothing to having everything I wanted.

I am glad social work and foster care exist because sometimes it’s necessary to take children from a bad place and to turn their life around and giving them everything they possibly can.

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ney, So Far 2 Leigh, 1

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y life has been a hard and bumpy ride. I was taken into care when I was 11 and I am now 12. I’ve been through a lot. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen my Gran and Papa. It is sad that I am not with my Dad or my dog, Ace. I have a lot of support from the staff in the residential unit where I live. I live in a residential unit which sometimes feels like home. My room is big. All the young people are nice. There are a lot of staff to support me like Gillian does. Gillian is so funny and amazing to be around.

I can talk to her when I am upset about something. I miss

Jamie –

home very much. My Mum passed away 3 years ago when I was living with my Dad. He helped me when I was upset.

Now I go to staff when I am upset. I like the staff with all my heart and I don’t know what I’d do if I had to leave any of them. I’ve had one Social Worker in my life, she is the best. School has been difficult in the past, but where I am now there’s a great teacher Mrs Donnely. She is fun and she has done so much for me I can’t thank her enough. Maths is my favourite subject. When I grow up and I want to be just like my staff. We get cool and good food at the unit because of the lovely cooks we have. Thanks for the best life.

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New DVD launched for n e r d il h C r e t f A d e k o o L g supportin in Aberdeenshire schools

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berdeenshire’s Young People’s Organising and Campaigning Group (YPOC) has launched a new guide and DVD for school staff and pupils on how they can support Looked After Children with their education.

The premier of the DVD took place at an event on Friday 9th September in Woodhill House, Aberdeenshire Council HQ. Entitled ‘Don’t Judge – We’re No Different from You’, the DVD shows what it feels like to be in care and asks people not to judge.

An invited audience of head teachers, foster carers, councillors,

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senior managers, social workers, the police and many more packed the council chamber to listen to what the YPOC Group had to say and to watch the DVD. Tasha, one of the young people said, “We got a very good response from the audience and they were very understanding of the DVD and the issues we raised”.

Afterwards the audience had a chance to ask questions of the young people. They asked a lot of questions and were really interested to hear what the young people had to say.

Tasha added, “All the members of YPOC thought the launch went really well. We all felt that we were listened to and that it will make a difference”.

The YPOC group is made up of young people aged 12 and over, including some currently living in foster care, kinship care and residential care as well as some who have moved on from care. They campaign to make things better for other looked after children and this is their third Guide and DVD. Credit: photograph by Emma McGuire, Aberdeenshire Council.

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Skills Development Scotland (SDS) M

eet a new Corporate Parent every issue and find out what they’re doing for you.

What do you want to be when you grow up? This question, tricky for all but the most enthusiastic budding astronauts and pop stars, bothers young people and wrinklies alike.

However, one of the key organisations tasked with helping you realise and achieve the answer to this question is Skills Development Scotland (SDS) – one of your Corporate Parents. This means that they have to look out for care experienced young people up to the age of 26 and do all they can to help you live happy, healthy, successful lives – it’s the law!

Over the past few weeks, WC?S members Chloe and Kieran and Ambassador Alice have been training SDS on how to be a good corporate parent, which (we think) means behaving like any good parent would.

This means listening to young people and treating them with love and respect, identifying what support and guidance they need and working hard to help them achieve their goals, while being patient and never giving up on them.

Kieran and Alice helped to train forty SDS staff in Renfrewshire, sharing parts of their care journey and answering questions about what it’s like to grow up in care.

“Being able to talk to and positively influence the people who will help the next generation of young people identify opportunities and chances in education and their careers is something I’m incredibly proud of” Kieran Chloe told her story to a small group of very influential members of the SDS board. She talked about what it was like for her at school, trying to do homework in different care placements and how she coped with college and other types of training.

“I felt like I was being listened to and people were taking in what I

was saying. It’s really important that organisations like SDS listen to our stories about how school and being in care can be hard because we know what kind of support we want and need” - Chloe SDS found what these young members had to say very important and are now making sure that ALL of their staff receive this type of training, in order that they can best support care experienced young people to learn and find valuable work!

SDS provide career information, advice and guidance to all pupils in high school and also offer targeted support for school leavers in finding education and training opportunities at college, university and in the workplace, usually up to age 19.

SDS have now extended this after school support to care experienced people up to age 26 and are also looking to improve access to modern apprenticeships and at ways of promoting the talent and skills of care experienced people to employers around the country! What’s more, SDS are themselves introducing work trials specifically for care experienced people in all parts of their organisation!

This is a huge success and goes to show that young people who know what it’s like to be in care can help make important changes when they speak confidently. “[Chloe’s] input was both inspiring and moving, and really brought home to us the impact of her life as a care experienced young person. I believe this will help shape our work going forward, and influence our role as a corporate parent. She was fantastic, and it was really helpful for us to hear directly from her.” – Karen, SDS W H O CA R E S? S COT LA N D

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y e l i a B Laura

Meet your… Development Officer:

Who am I? I’m Laura and I moved to Aberdeen nearly 2 years ago from England.

I grew up in a little place called Sunderland, which is close to Newcastle but far away enough for me not to be a Geordie. I’m a vegetarian and love ice skating, swimming and being outdoors (no matter what the weather) but I really don’t like beasties… especially the kind that fly.

What do I do for my job?

I have recently joined the Who Cares?

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of my job is organising regular groups for care experienced young people in Aberdeen, which they have named ACE (Aberdeen Care Experienced) where we discuss how we can make the care system better. Four times a year, we will then meet with senior managers in different services (including social work, education, NHS and the police) to tell them both the positive and negative things we have spoken about during our ACE group meetings.

What do I think I will enjoy the most about my role as a Development Officer?

I am already having so much fun in this role and I hope that will continue as I meet more and more young

people across the city. But what I am looking forward to most is being able to make amazing positive change for care experienced young people, not only in Aberdeen but across the whole of Scotland!

How can you find out more about ACE and erdeen? what we are doing in Ab 07515330681 lbailey@whocaresscotland.org AberdeenACE

@AberdeenACE

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A Round Up of

By The NCLWS16 Steering Committee 2016’s National Care Leavers Week celebrations were our biggest and best yet. This year we had more than 25 events hosted across Scotland, from Stornoway to Galashiels and everywhere in between. We reached out to Tony’s colourful performance showed us all the power of embracing your identity so many people, tackled stigma and was so important to have dedicated supported care experienced voices be volunteers, care experienced members, heard all over Scotland. alumni and Who Cares? Scotland staff #NCLWS16 is all about celebrating come together. National Care Leaver’s our shared care identity, our talents Week represented everything we had and each other. This year our Roots 2 envisioned and worked so hard for.

Routes theme was about encouraging Together we decided on our Roots the people and organisations in our 2 Routes theme which ran through communities to join our celebrations everything we did, and organised and and help us tackle stigma where we live, delivered the where we study, where we work and launch event where we have fun. With more Care’s than 8 organisations donating either money, activity space or items to support the week, we definitely succeeded in getting everyone involved!

For the first time ever we came together as a National Care Leavers Week Steering Committee to help organise the week’s events. It

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Got Talent, which took place at the University of the West of Scotland in Paisley. We were really proud of what we achieved.

Helen - “Celebrating NCLWS is so important because it give us all a chance to celebrate who we are and what we’ve overcome in our lives. With so much stigma still surrounding care experienced people it’s really good to celebrate and embrace who we are. It reminds us that we’re just as amazing and as deserving of love and celebration as everyone else.”

Caption Photo 1: The 2016 NCLWS steering committee.

Care’s Got Talent was the first event of its kind, tackling stigma by allowing Scotland’s care experienced individuals to showcase their amazing and unique talents. The show hosted over 20 care experienced performers who performed in front of an audience of more than 80 Who Cares? Scotland members, community members and volunteers!

Performances included a comedian, a street dancer, a drag act, singers, a beatboxer and poets. It was incredible to see everyone be so brave and show us how talented they really are.

Jeanette, a performer, had to say about this about the inspiring night; “The event was incredible and I thought that it was well organised and I gained more confidence by reciting my poems to people that care about me. It was very supportive to encourage each other.”

2016 has been quite a year for our Care Family, and National Care Leaver’s Week was a huge part of this. We shouted louder than ever before, shared loads of laughter and even some tears too but we still can’t wait for next year!

If you want to get involved in the planning of #NCLWS17 get in touch with Sara, Campaign Officer at nclws@whocaresscotland.org.

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WC?S FAMILY 2017 CALENDAR

NOVEMBER

OCTOBER 19th -28th National Care Leavers Week 28th -Time to Shine Festival

SEPTEMBER

8th -10th Care Counc il Residential

JULY

r e m Sum p Cam

JUNE

MAY

MARCH

Campaign Event

17th National Care Day

FEBRUARY

d n 2 2 h t 0 2 l i c n u o C e r Ca l a i t n e d i s Re

JANUARY

25th y l i m a F e r a C Christmas Dinner

DECEMBER

AUGUST

h t 0 3 h t 28 l i c n u o C e Car Residential

APRIL

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Care2Create Glasgow (every 2nd Thursday, 6-8pm) Care2Create is having its showcase event just before Christmas on the 13th of December in Paisley Town Hall, 6:30- 9pm come along and join us in celebrating our young artists.

For more info call Ray or Euan G.

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Aberdeensh ire Regular YPO C and LAC F actor gatherings with fun act iv ity, film making , campaignin g and a growing voic e in the Cha m pions Board.

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Moray on the road can be found out The Moray group bing to tivities from clim trying different ac e are also er hing between. Th bowling and anyt sted in re te of young folk in regular meetings ons Board pi am Moray’s Ch e th in ed lv vo in being New Year. launching in the act Paula.

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ACE (Aberdeen City, fortnightly) m Young people fro City en de er Ab across ht for ig rtn fo y er meet ev and heaps of FUN, food back putting Aberdeen on the map! act For more info, cont Laura Bailey.

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Shetland Sian is now ou t and about in Shetland, bringing youn g folk together , en joying trips to the cine ma, catching up somewhere w arm in the wild days of winter.

For more info give Sian a ca ll.

South Lanarkshire New APW Ewen Kerr ha s hit the ground running and we have started a foster care group. South Lanarkshire are listening to young people on the 6th of December as they have their first ever stage 3 Corporate Parenting Event.

For more info on group s call Lynne or Ewen K.

Highland s out ethers, lots of pizza, trip Frequent group get-tog Highland ce to contribute to the and about and the chan Highland for eady changing Care in Champions Board – alr William, rting up groups in Fort the better. We’re also sta bruary.

Skye and Caithness in Fe nna.

For more info contact Do

Aberdeen Champions Board (Every 2 – 3 months) Young people and their cor porate parents are going to be getting together again to make some amazing, positive cha nge in Aberdeen!

Watch out for our full relaunc h in March 2017!

For more info, contact Laura Bailey.

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Care2Create Ayrshire (6-10 year olds) WC?S’s youngest group have been up to all sorts of fun and creative activities! Recently we’ve been celebrating art and culture from across the world with Mexican, Hawaiian and Italian themed evenings!

For more info contact Euan G.

West Dunbartonshire drop-in Held on Wednesday evenings at the ATC (Alternative to Care) Centre in Clydebank, this space is open to any young person seeking help, advice, guidance or just looking for a chance to meet other young people.

For more info contact Beth S.

Care2Create Renf rewshire (every 2 weeks) Young people have enjoyed DJing, painting ca nvases, colouring in and lots of other creative activities .

For more info call Lynsey.

2BHeard (Across Fife, weekly) who There are three groups stuff of meet across Fife, loads d an happening come along find out. n.

For more info call Roby

FYI (Fun Young Individuals) (Perth, every Monday) The Perth group is a vibran t bunch of young people who meet weekly on a Monday night. You will always be greeted with a home cooked meal, followed by fun activit ies, chats and laughter.

For more info contact Leah or Heather.

reate Tayside Care2C will be a t en Our next ev being held y rt Christmas Pa sted by the in Perth and ho FYI group. ntact Leah For more info co or Brooke.

Dundee Cha mpions Boa rd/YPPG (Dundee, fo rtnightly) At our last m eeting of th e year Dundee’s ch ief executive said he was blown away!

We recently went to Tee Ranch for a n team buildin g day and a wee thank yo sa u for all the ir hard work For more in . fo call Cindy or Lea h.

Renfrewshire Champions Board (every 2 weeks) Young people and staff enjoyed their annual Residential in October, taking part in outdoor activities whilst connecting with their Corporate Parents.

For more info call Lynsey.

South Ayrshire 12+ Foster Care Group Open to any young person with experience of foster care. A great opportunity to make new friends and learn more about WC?S! For more info contact Sheryl.

re Project Communities That Ca (Renfrewshire) lots of The project has held Kinship fun events such as a lloween Care fun day and Ha If you’re a Party for under 12’s. person see Renfrewshire young olved! how you can get inv urie.

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Inverclyde Group WC?S’s newest group is also one of the most exciting!

Entirely led by the young people of Inverclyde. Come along if you’d like to make friends and engage in all kinds of fun and interesting activities.

For more info contact Nicole D.

Falkirk Champions Board Falkirk Champions have now had two meetings and have 9 me mbers, with more wishing to join.

For more info call Ray.

YPiCC (Edinburgh, ever y second Thursday) A fun group that tackles local issues while prov iding young people in Edinbu rgh a chance to build relations hips.

For more info co ntact Susan.

up ay) FAMILY gro , every Tuesd h rg u b le ss (Mu creates an This group ng people where you re e h sp o where atm and a space d te p e cc a l fee ed their They also fe thian . g n lo e b y the st Lo into the Ea discussions ard.

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East Lothian Champions Board (Mussleburgh, every second Thursday) Are helping make a documentary about being in care experienced at school.

The Champions are trying to improve the housing situation for care leavers in East Lothian, meeting with the head of housing and homelessness. We are always looking for new members!

For more info contact Sophie, Lisa or Beth A

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n the 13th of October 2016, myself and Alison Frizzell (Western Isles APW) received an invitation to attend the SNP conference. Alison got on to booking flights and accommodation straight away! We were both very excited about our once in a lifetime experience and the next evening we said goodbye to Stornoway as we flew over to Inverness for the night, before heading to Glasgow on the early train on Saturday morning.

On Saturday morning WC?S staff and care experienced young people all met at the National Office in Glasgow where we were served, or should I say helped ourselves to delicious pizzas.

We all chatted together and Claudia (Director of Influencing) made an announcement on how important the day was and then we were whisked away to the venue in taxi’s.

As we arrived, there were people standing outside with big Scottish flags and we used this as our first opportunity to get a group photo followed by many selfies! Once inside we were given a tour of the venue, before being shown to our seats where we were handed a heart placard as part of our surprise for the First Minister.

Whilst waiting for Nicola Sturgeon to make an appearance, I felt excited but very nervous; excited because I had always wanted to meet her and nervous because there were over 2,000 people at the conference and it was being broadcast live!

When Nicola took to the stage, she was met with loud applause. Quickly

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she began speaking about her plans for Scotland’s care system, expressing the need for love to be included. This is when everyone from Who Cares? Scotland stood up and waved our heart placards as a symbol of the love that the care system lacked and the love that we so truly deserved, poor Nicola was close to tears! Then the big moment came when she made the most important announcement of all – that she is to undertake a ‘root and branch review’ of Scotland’s care system.

This was an amazing moment for us all and I think it’s fair to say that we needed several boxes of tissues!

After the conference, Nicola had asked to speak to us all privately, which was even more exciting, she then talked us through what she hopes to change with us leading the way and how all the hard work starts now. She believes that we, as care experienced young people, are the experts of the care system and she is therefore going to follow our direction. Over the next 2 years Nicola has pledged to listen to 1000 care experienced voices which will drive the review and ultimately end in the improvement of the lives of young people in care.

I am very excited to be involved in these changes and work alongside Who Cares? Scotland and Nicola Sturgeon to make Scotland the best place to live for care experienced young people. It’s moments like this that make me feel very proud to have care experience.

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To let young p eople return to care and extend to aftercare To make sure young people looked after at home get the help a nd support they n eed To make sure more young p eople have a chance at getting and keeping a job

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What other young people had to say: “Good. It’s about time somebody thought about us, but she should be hearing a lot more than 1000 voices!”

Tegan, 15, Midlothian “It’s good that she is actually listening to us” Brooklyn, 14, Midlothian “I was quite excited when I heard that Nicola Sturgeon was coming to visit. She was surprisingly down to earth; she was really good with the younger kids and wasn’t afraid to get her hands dirty (with paint for our Care Family Tree). I was happy to give her our book of demands, stories, poems and letters and she seemed more than happy to take it.

I just hope she will get the word out about care experienced young people, because not everybody’s had a great time in the care system. It would be pretty cool to be the First Minister so I could do all the things we want her to do.” Sophie, 12, E Renfrewshire

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Obama Out

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Kieran McWhirter

Kieran talks about the significance of Barack Obama’s presidency, the rise of Donald Trump and how we as individuals can challenge and over come prejudice.

On January 20th 2017 at 11:59 Barack Hussein Obama II the 44th President of the United States of America will leave the White House as a private citizen. At 12:00 that same day he will be succeeded in the Presidency by Donald J Trump who will become the 45th incumbent.

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society is unmeasurable. In eight years he did a hell of a lot for a hell of a lot of people.

The Obama Presidency witnessed the greatest liberal renaissance in the United States in the last thirty years. The highlight for me came in 2015 when the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that marriage equality was protected and enshrined under the constitution of the nation allowing millions of LGBT+ individuals to marry. As one of the world’s most economically developed and culturally advanced nations America often sets the example, it shows the world what must and what can be done, it leads the way. Under Obama the United States did that.

Leaving office with the highest approval ratings since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Obama will look back on a legacy of change and healing from his historic

trip to Hiroshima the site where the first atomic bomb was dropped to his landmark defence of transgender rights, protection of illegal immigrants and the ban of the Confederate flag in the workplace and educational establishments and making the first major steps in combating global climate change. Obama paved the path that America could have walked.

A path of progression and tolerance and adaptation which has always symbolised the very best of what the United States has in the past, did under him and could in the future symbolise.

Unfortunately, America doesn’t seem to do any better at elections than Britons do at referendums, and

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in November Donald John Trump defeated Hillary Clinton and was declared President Elect. In January the elect part will disappear and Trump will take his place in the Oval Office.

The office of Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Lincoln, he will sit behind the desk of JFK and Thomas Jefferson and look out onto the same view that 44 men before him looked out on. Those 44 men have very little in common with Donald Trump.

Whether he actually believes in the rhetoric he has been spewing for the past year or if he just locked onto the deepest fears of a nation and exploited them, it doesn’t matter, the fact is that on the back of a wave of bigoted, homophobic, sexist, predatory behaviour, racist, islamophobia, antiimmigrant fervour Donald Trump rode into the Oval Office and there is something deeply wrong about that.

8 years after electing the first African American President, the United States elected a man whose views, opinions and ideals belong in the middle of the last century. A man who seems to truly believe that women are inferior to him and that disregarding their

intellect and capability in favour of their appearance is acceptable. A man who openly mocked the disabled and verbally attacked the family of an Iraq war veteran who died in action based on the fact he was a Muslim. A man claims he believes in marriage equality even though his Vice President openly condones state funded gay cure therapy on minors. A man who has repeatedly belittled and denigrated the immigrant population of his country, the USA a country quite literally made up of immigrants.

That man occupies the most powerful political office on earth. Scary huh? Want to know what’s scarier? He’s not the only person with those views in frontline Politics.

In France it seems very likely that a far right party with views closely aligned with the Trump’s will sweep to the Presidency and take control of the French Senate and National Assembly next year. In Germany, Austria and Greece the traditionally left leaning governments are being challenged by far right political groups in a way not witnessed in that part of Europe since World War II. The point is that this is

a very scary time to be anything but “normal” in today’s world. Be it LGBT, an Immigrant, a Muslim or anything else.

When countries like the United States, France, Germany and, to an extent, the UK begin to falter who will lead the way? Who will protect the vulnerable and the weak and those unable to speak for themselves?

That’s why we are so important, you and me! The voter, the only people with the absolute power to influence the path our country takes. In today’s world, the biggest fear a government in the wrong has is a politically active and aware populace that will hold them to account for their mistakes and decisions come election time. With the announcement of Brexit (Britain leaving the European Union) and Trump becoming President, now is not the time to give up and say “Oh what’s the point in even trying”, it’s the time to double down and say “No! Not in my name”. It’s the time to say if change and progress won’t come of their own accord we will be that change and we will be that progress. It’s the time to have hope for what tomorrow can be not what today is.

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Time to Shine

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It was fun. It’s good to socialise and make new friends with other kids in care.

Sean, 15, Midlothian

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At first glance I thought the festival looked like a kids thing an d might be a bit boring but there was much more to it that I originally thought and it turned out to be a pretty good day. I enjoyed playing chess and going on the rod eo and even dressing up for the photo -booth. I didn’t try the silent disco, that wa s a step too far for me! I enjoyed meeti ng new people and chatting and it was rea lly nice to run into an old friend who I use d to stay with!

The best thing about the festival was the atmospehere. For my first WC?S experience it was a really good experi ence, a bit awkward at first but I rea lly enjoyed all of it and I would definitely go to other events in the future.

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Although I have been inv olved with Who Cares? Sco tland for nearly 6 years, this was my first ever Time to Shine Fes tival.

I found out about it throu gh my APW, Denise. She tho ught I might enjoy the day out, and encouraged me to com e.

We drove to the Krispy Kre me just outside Edinburg h, and got the tram to Murrayfield and then it was just a sho rt walk to Tynecastle where the eve nt was being held.

I was a little bit nervous because I didn’t know wh at to expect. I didn’t need to wo rry though because there was loads to do and it was a good atm osphere.

Although I didn’t want to take part in all the activit ies, it was good to be able to sit and watch and still feel inc luded.

I really loved seeing the dogs that were there, but I think it would have been better if there were more arrange d activities as it was a long time to jus t wander about and do you r own thing. It would have been good to have had a sched ule. All in all, I had a good day, an d I got the chance to meet up with other young people that I hadn’t seen in a while, an d didn’t even know would be there!

I will definitely go back.

Dannielle, 21, East Ayrshi re.

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I liked the photo-booth and the silent disco. This disco was fun because no-one heard the music except you and you could change the tunes when you wanted.

I really liked the bull ride and would want it back next year.

Scott, 10, East Ayrshire.

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On the day of the Time to Shine Festival I woke up really early because I was so excited. I couldn’t wait to see all my care family together in one room with everyone dressed up and enjoying the fun. I dressed up as the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland. I travelled to Edinburgh on the train in my costume and with my face painted and received the strangest looks from the other passengers.

When I walked into the venue I was mesmerized by how much the rooms looked like they were from Alice in Wonderland, it was as if I had just fallen through the looking glass. There were so many different activities, a photo booth and loads of lovely food. Everyone looked amazing all dressed up, each costume was so unique.

When I entered the main room, I was given a magic potion from a tiny bottle and have a go playing giant caramel wafer Jenga. I went straight to the dancefloor, to enjoy the silent disco. At first I felt silly just dancing about with headphones on because no one could hear what I was listening to, but by the third song I was dancing away with everyone else.

When my feet started hurting from all the dancing, I decided to find the chill out area so I could relax for a while.

I was so happy to see that the Therapets had come along.

There were five lovely dogs to pet and their owners were really nice to talk to. I then went outside and found the bouncy castle and football activities. There was even an ex-Hearts professional footballer playing football with the young people, so me and my friend Nicole had to interrupt to take a selfie with him. After this we queued up for the photo booth, it was so popular the queue seemed never ending! We even asked the Hearts footballer if he would come in the booth with us. He made us pull funny faces!

I then spent the rest of the day taking more photos with everyone and catching up with all of my Who Cares?

Scotland Family. My favourite part of the Time to Shine festival was seeing so many care experienced young people in the one place all at the same time. Being part of this care family makes me super proud of my own Care Identity. I can’t wait for next year’s festival!

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hat to do on a fresh WINTERal Saturday morning… Well we had the chance to try out the Aberfoyle Go Ape Experience. GO Ape is a tree top and zip slide adventure experience, which is very popular and provides a full day’s experience.

We all dressed in ‘appropriate clothing’, basically things you don’t mind getting grubby, as we do live in Scotland after all and we were ready for anything.

Adventurers are given a 30 minute safety briefing from an instructor before they start. After that you’re on your own, free to swing through the trees. Of course, instructors are always on hand, regularly patrolling the forests.

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that Saturday, playing the part of professional photographer with a very sore neck from looking up all the time.

The three young people that took part all agreed they would love to do it again and were surprised by how reasonably priced it was, Billy thought it must have been close to £100 per person, when actually it was only £33 each.

Shae thought the day was excellent and wondered if we might do it again soon, a good idea for the next Falkirk Champions Board activity - good thinking Shae!

Amy thought the day was the best thing she had done all year. She really felt she had accomplished a lot.

If you want to try Go Ape there are several sites across the country, just visit their website (goape.co.uk) and have a look.

Our guys thought it was a great day and all gave a 5 stars.

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“If you are worrying that you might be moving, or you know that you are moving and you feel a bit confused or upset about why you’re going to stay somewhere else, then one of our Who Cares? Scotland workers (called

Advocates) might be able to help you.

An Advocate can help you to find out information about what is happening and why and they can help you to let people know how you feel about the plans that are being made for you. On

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the back page of this magazine there is a list of all our Advocates - you can find yours, or ask someone to help you find them, and give them a call.”

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Jamie (11) reveals his recipe for the best macaroni cheese ever!

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amie kindly invited his advocacy worker, Charity, to join him for dinner, so she could sample his best ever macaroni cheese. Read how Jamie made the meal and what Charity thought of it below…

Jamie started by washing his hands to make sure he didn’t spread any germs.

2: Jamie then added a pinch of English mustard powder, which he learned to do at his first ever care home in Dumfries. He then gradually added grated cheese until the sauce looked thick enough.

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1: Jamie put a saucepan on the hob and whisked together 25 grams of melted butter with a splash of milk and one and a half table spoons of plain flour. Giving it a good stir to get all the lumps out.

cups of macaroni 3: Jamie added the mixture to two minutes) and (that had been boiled for around 10 sprinkling a re spread it out in a baking tray, befo edient of ingr little grated cheese and his secret top! crushed cheese and onion crisps on

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4: Jamie placed the tray in the oven (which was set at 180 degrees) for about 5 minutes.

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Photo 5: Jamie served up the macar oni cheese for himself an d Charity (and even made he r a drink to go with it)!

Charity says: the s ‘I wa impressed that n’t did y and sauce was so cream e th d ar have any lumps. I aw easy ing be r fo 0 /1 10 recipe av e fl our to make. 9/10 for th d 10/10 without the crisps an were a with the crisps, they great addition!’

Jamie says: ‘I was pleased Ch arity liked it. I think it’s an ea sy recipe to make and it’s good that you can make a lot for little cost. Next time though, I will leave it in the oven for a little lo nger (about 8 minutes) to be su re the cheese is all melted.’

went for a sleepover with the cubs to Anstruther and then to the big Centenary Camp at Drumlanrig Castle.

We left on the Friday and came home on the Sunday. It was very exciting – there were over 300 cubs at the Centenary Camp!

We had to take a big rucksack with us with our jammies, a change of clothes and shoes, a torch, a sleeping bag, a jacket, t-shirts and jumpers, sunglasses and waterproofs. We wore our cub uniform to go.

When we arrived, we got our sleeping bags organised and got changed then we went for supper in the big tent.

The next day, we went out on a big walk in the forest and did lots of fun activities.

I enjoy cubs because I like playing games like hide and seek and basketball. It is somewhere fun that I can go to meet my friends.

The best thing about the sleepover was staying in a tent and playing games.

The worst part was when two boys were sick on me in the middle of the night!!

If you are interested in finding out more about the cubs or scouts, you can go to www.members.scouts.org.uk

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