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SCRA is pleased to see the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) Bill has unanimously passed the Scottish Parliament and now awaits Royal Assent.

We have published two new reports today following evaluation of our ‘Keeping The Promise Commitment Standards’. SCRA’s Research Team carried out an evaluation of the

SCRA has welcomed the announcement of the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill. Neil Hunter, SCRA’s Principal Reporter/Chief Executive said: “We are

We have published a closure report today to mark the end of our Keeping The Promise Route Plan 2021-2024. The report provides an overview of

Last year we invited Hearings-experienced young people, partners from across the Children’s Hearings System and our staff to take part in a series of design

A new evaluation report has been published by SCRA today examining one of our Keeping The Promise improvement projects. Launched in 2023, Child Friendly Scheduling

To celebrate Care Experienced Week 2024, we find out about the work of SCRA’s Voice of Experience Reference Group (VOERG). The VOERG is a group

Our journey to Keep The Promise is well and truly underway. There’s lots of exciting projects ongoing. Here’s a quick round up of some of

A new scrapbook for children and young people attending Hearings has been launched in Stornoway (Monday 15 April 2024). The scrapbook is part of a

An Understanding My Hearing Project is being piloted in the Western Isles to support children and young people better prepare for their Hearings. The Keeping

In February 2022, we published our Keeping The Promise Route Plan. To mark Care Day 2024 and two years on from publication of the plan,

Earlier today the Scottish Government responded to the Hearings for Children report. Speaking afterwards, SCRA’s Principal Reporter/Chief Executive Neil Hunter said the response clearly reiterated

An estimated 70% of care-experienced children and young people in Scotland experience separation from their siblings. This can create enormous barriers to maintaining some of

A Taking Control of my Hearing pilot scrapbook is already making a difference to children and young people in Fife. Launched last month, the scrapbook

The Language Leaders are leading the way in making language in the Hearings System more accessible, personal and caring. The group – which is made

An exciting new pilot initiative is underway in our Glasgow Locality to help children and young people share their views in their Hearing. Launched earlier

A new Keeping The Promise project is underway in the Western Isles called Understanding my Hearing (Before, During and After). The project team, which includes

As part of a Keeping The Promise project, a pilot called ‘Taking Control of my Hearing’ was launched today in Fife. The pilot involves pro-actively

To mark Care Experienced Week, The Promise Scotland featured a story of change on their website about a pilot initiative being run by SCRA. The

We are more than half way through The Promise Scotland’s Plan 2021/24 and SCRA’s journey of improvement is well underway. Our autumn update provides a

Our Hearings, Our Voice (OHOV) recently created a second eye catching window display at our office and Hearings Centre in Glasgow city centre. Earlier in

SCRA has launched a new Keeping The Promise project in our Ayrshire Locality. The child-friendly scheduling project aims to ensure Hearings are scheduled at a

Keeping The Promise was the focus of our staff event yesterday. This was the first time since before the pandemic that colleagues from across the

A pilot initiative is underway in Lanarkshire to give children and young people better life chances. The Keeping The Promise project is aimed at children

We are committed to keeping visitors to our website up to date with all our activity to Keep The Promise. Our summer update includes the

We are working together with Our Hearings, Our Voice, Children’s Hearings Scotland, Clan Childlaw, the Civil Legal Assistance Office, Children 1st and other partners on

SCRA has welcomed publication of the Hearings System Working Group’s final report today called Hearings for Children. Principal Reporter/Chief Executive Neil Hunter said the report

There is a huge amount of work going on throughout SCRA to Keep The Promise, with a number of new improvement projects beginning to take

In February 2022, we published our Keeping The Promise Route Plan. To mark Care Day and one year on from publication of the plan, we

SCRA is proud to be part of an exciting Keeping The Promise project focusing on improving language in the Children’s Hearings System. The ‘Word Busting’

A key part of our commitment to Keep The Promise is to engage with people who have experience of care/Children’s Hearings. As part of this

SCRA has welcomed publication of the Hearings System Working Group’s new report ‘Emerging Themes Report: The Journey So Far’. This Emerging Themes Report is published

Two years ago today, Our Hearings, Our Voice published their fabulous Zine which included 40 Calls to Action for organisations like SCRA to improve the

As part of our work to Keep The Promise, a new project is about to get underway reviewing and updating all the letters we send

As part of our commitment to Keep The Promise, we have lots of exciting improvement projects underway. Our Keeping The Promise Operational Lead Collette Gallagher

We are delighted to share that we are working with the Voice and Inclusion Project (VIP) as part of our work to Keep The Promise. 

Shortly after publishing our Keeping The Promise Route Plan, we are excited to share with you some of the detail about our work over the

Neil Hunter, SCRA’s Principal Reporter/Chief Executive has welcomed publication of the Keeping The Promise Hearings System Working Group Issues List.  He said: “SCRA fully supports

On Care Day 2022, we have published SCRA’s Route Plan to Keep The Promise.  Our Route Plan and accompanying more detailed Strategy document explains how