Open Consultations
Here are just a few of the consultations that are open for response just now. We can produce a response with your concerns, solutions and ideas to one of these, or any other consultation open at the moment.
Responses cost from £1250.
Charity price for this service starts (and usually finishes!) at £995 all in.
Closes 8th January 2025
A Universal definition of 'care experience'
The Scottish Government have launched a consultation to look at how best to make sure that all children and young people with care experience are given the support they need to help them move on from care into adulthood and more independent living.
This consultation is to seek views on the need for a universal definition of ‘care experience’ and what the potential impacts of this could be.
The Promise tells us that while it is not a legal term, ‘care experience’ is a term that has a special and different meaning for many of the people who identify with it. This includes infants, children and young people, and adults who may choose to identify as ‘care experienced’. Reasons for this could include that they feel it describes the situation that they have grown up in, or that this describes an understanding of their personal identity.
If you'd like us to help you respond to this / or collate your views and compile your response for you, please get in touch.
Closes 6th February 2025
Does your organistion work with children and young people? Is foster care key to what you do? Is it working well?
This consultation sets out a vision for the future of foster care with a goal to prioritise children’s experiences, and meets their many and varied needs, in a changing sector and society. It proposes a new flexible fostering approach that builds on the expertise, skills and qualities of foster carers, the good practice and innovation already happening across Scotland and the UK.
Part of the consultation will also look at how Foster Carers play their part in delivering The Promise.
The voice and experiences of children and young people, families and foster carers are hoped to be core to the responses received.
Do you have solutions to how this should work. Have you case studies to show how it is / isn't working? Do you wish to repsond to the current consultation looking at this? If so, and you need our help, please get in touch.
With a National Housing Emergency declared, and a further 12 local authorities declaring local emergencis, Scotland is at a crucial point in terms of housing and homelessness.
The Housing (Scotland) Bill takes a more preventative approach in the proposed legislation. Does it do what you think it should? Have you solutions to put forward? What are your thoughts on the new 'Ask & Act' model, for example.
The stage 1 report has just been published. Do you wish to respond to this? Have you any suggested amendments? Or would you like help in knowing what has happened with the Bill to date.
Please contact us if you'd like support in this topic area.