#ScotAppWeek26 shines a spotlight on the power of apprenticeships.
A group of Staf Care Experienced Consultants called on the Scottish Government to act on its commitment to a Minimum Income Guarantee by piloting a scheme for Care Leavers in Modern Apprenticeships.
www.staf.scot/minimum-inco...
Glorious day to be in sunny Stirling with @eachandeverychild.bsky.social for our 3rd Framing Champions session
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The refreshed LCT Resource Hub is now live🎉
It’s easier to explore key focus areas & access resources supporting work with care experienced young people. Plus a NEW monthly news section to share your projects, resources & funding updates.
Explore- lctresourcehub.scot
Contribute- e: dawn@staf.scot
@ouscotland.bsky.social
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“It's just made me a bit more thoughtful about why a child might be acting out, stressed, frozen, mute and scared. It reminds us to always be kind in our thoughts, deeds and actions.”
Foundations of trauma-informed, relationship-based practice has 1 000+ learners & ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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#CareDay2026 is the world's biggest celebration of children, young people and adults with experience of care. We've chosen today to share a new collection of creative writing, produced by Youth Justice Voices in Aberdeen. Read more and see the results at www.staf.scot/blog/a-creat....
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Today is #CareDay2026 - the world's biggest celebration of children, young people & adults with experience of care.
We're proud to say we're #ConnectedByCare, celebrating all Scotland's diverse connections to care through lived experience, family, friends, work & community.
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If you work with supported lodgings or carers, join our Supported Lodgings, Supported Carers Focus Group on Tuesday 24 February, 10am to 12 noon.
This session brings organisations & corporate parents together to share practice & reflect on challenges.
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Our 1st Care Leavers into Employment, Education & Training Focus Group of 2026 brings together professionals in public & 3rd sectors to explore barriers & best practice to support care leavers into work, training & HE/FE
📅Tue 10 Feb
🕙10-12
Free (members)
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Over the coming months, we will be sharing opportunities to engage, learn together, and explore how the Route Map can support better transitions for young people, now and in the future.
You can view all the Route Maps at www.plan2430.scot/the-route-maps
@thepromise.scot
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It has been a genuinely collaborative process, shaped by the insights of young people, practitioners, managers and partners across sectors.
Its publication is not an end point. It marks the beginning of the next phase: implementation.
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They provide a shared framework for understanding, and offer a practical and hopeful way of translating the ambitions of the promise into everyday practice.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the development of the Moving On Route Map.
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Today marks the 6th anniversary of the promise that all Scotland’s children will grow up loved, safe and respected, and realise their full potential.
The Promise Scotland has published 25 route maps that will lead us to keeping the promise by 2030.
Great to see @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social's Transforming Friendship Focused Support project in the Community of Practice for Siblings newsletter! Catch up here: edin.ac/4aht13A
#AcademicSky @stafscot.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social
📢Local Authority Managers’ Forum
Are you a local authority manager with statutory responsibility for care leavers? Join peers across Scotland for discussion, shared learning & collaboration.
🗓Wed 28 Jan
⏰9:30–11am
💻Online
🎟Free for Staf members
🔗 www.staf.scot/Event/local-...
Social care professionals👋
Join our first online Implications of Continuing Care Focus Group of 2026 to connect with peers and explore what moving on from care means in practice.
📆Tue 20 Jan
⌚10-12
Let’s learn from each other and strengthen continuing care together.
www.staf.scot/Event/implic...
Progress update📍
Scotland’s Moving On & Lifelong Support Route Map continues to take shape, part of work to keep the promise by 2030.
It focuses on better transitions, stronger lifelong support & ensuring care experienced people are not left to navigate adulthood alone.
www.staf.scot/blog/buildin...
✨New year, new learning✨
Want to build your knowledge around Moving On from care in Scotland?
Try WeLearn - our new online learning platform.
💜 Free for all Staf members
📚 Self-paced modules
⏰ Learn anytime
➕ New content added regularly
Start your learning journey this year at welearn.staf.scot.
Feeling reflective on the last day of the year. Happy Hogmanay and be safe this evening, everyone! 💜
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Staf Wrapped 2025✨
Thank you for being part an amazing year as we reflect on some of our highlights of 2025 - a year shaped by compassion, collaboration and community💜
Safer Horizons in the North East
Reflections from Youth Justice Voices North East on their experience at a recent Aberdeen event, where they were invited to contribute around the issue of stigma.
www.staf.scot/blog/safer-h...
@cycjscotland.bsky.social
@policescotland.bsky.social
Ever wondered what the Participation Network is all about?
At our summer 2025 gathering event, we made a new video to help you learn more.
We also made videos on participation and rights for you to use in your work and share.
Watch here: www.staf.scot/new-particia...
Our Co-Director @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social has been working with @stafscot.bsky.social on some inspiring and impactful resources around supporting friendship - find out more below!
#AcademicSky @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social #CreativeResearch
Closing out this year’s national conference with our CEO Jo reflecting on our theme of thriving in complexity - deepening relationship-based practice with young people at the heart
11.11.2025 15:49 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Our afternoon workshops went down a storm and we’re rounding out the day with a discussion on developing the Moving On Route Map
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Our first set of workshops are underway including Charlene from Carolina House Trust, who is sharing their work around the importance of psychological safety, learning and wellbeing in the context of care.
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Our keynote address from SallyAnn Kelly OBE explores relational leadership and how the strength and quality of our relationships is at the heart of everything we do
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We’re fully warmed up after a classic Staf ‘not an ice breaker’ so Pamela is now introducing us to today’s theme
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Cheryle welcoming everyone to today’s Staf National Conference in Stirling - we’re looking forward to a full day of speakers and workshops all about thriving together in complexity
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🚨DEADLINE EXTENDED
As we celebrate the contribution of our Board this #TrusteesWeek we would love to hear from Staf members interested in joining. Can you help achieve our shared vision and improve the lives of young people across Scotland leaving care?
www.staf.scot/board-member...
