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The Promise Scotland supports those working in and around the 'care system' to create meaningful change, helping to ensure Scotland can #KeepThePromise by 2030.
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The Promise Scotland @thepromise.scot · 28d
We’re delighted to have 32 organisations join our call for all political parties to commit to keeping the promise through the duration of the next Scottish parliament.

Read the joint letter & our pre-election paper which sets out the specific actions needed: ow.ly/NyKb50XpSqS
Three arrows point upwards behind the promise heart (made up of four shapes and an outline to represent the five foundations: voice, family, care, people, and scaffolding) suggesting progress to keep the promise. The quote next to the heart reads "We remain committed to keep the promise so by 2030 all children grow up loved, safe, and respected and realise their full potential."
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Since the promise was made, people and organisations across Scotland have been working to bring about the transformative change the Independent Care Review demands. Their learning stories can help you as part of your journey.
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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In the lead up to the next Scottish election in May 2026, we are sharing blogs from our partners on the different areas of the promise their work focuses on and what actions they want to see from the next Scottish Government.👇
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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🔊New episode out now!

Join us to hear about the design of the Family Links project, an 18-month test of concept aiming to improving school engagement in the Inverness High School ASG through flexible, holistic family support.

▶️ youtu.be/WJxjJoRpUls

🎧 ow.ly/Ocwb50Xz3mM
The Promise Scotland Podcast Episode 6: Designing Services that Work for Families
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December 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Missed the latest edition of our newsletter? Check it out here 👇 ow.ly/nT3w50Xz994

Want to get updates on our work and work happening across Scotland to keep the promise directly to your inbox? Sign up to The Promise Scotland newsletter today 📨 ow.ly/BTWe50Xz92M
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December 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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‘People’ and ‘Scaffolding’ are two crucial foundations of The Promise.

Navigate - our new care experience + education hub - can reinforce the scaffolding around a child or young person by helping to weld & strengthen the joins between the people & services who support them.

Visit: enquire.org.uk
A stylised illustration with a pale pink background. It is divided into four coloured panels: a yellow panel with a green tick in the top left, a dark green panel with a yellow upward arrow in the top right, a teal panel with a red cross in the bottom left, and a dusty pink panel with a light blue equals sign in the bottom right. White dotted lines loop around the panels and meet at a central dusty-pink plus symbol. Below, two simple chairs and a small turquoise table sit beneath a location pin whose pink pin and pale-pink shadow together form a heart shape. The word “relationships” appears at the bottom.
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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🔊Episode 6 out now!

Join us to hear about the design of the Family Links project, an 18-month test of concept aimed at improving school engagement in the Inverness High School ASG through flexible, holistic family support.

▶️ youtu.be/WJxjJoRpUls

🎧 ow.ly/Ocwb50Xz3mM
The Promise Scotland Podcast Episode 6: Designing Services that Work for Families
YouTube video by The Promise Scotland
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November 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Since the promise was made, people and organisations across Scotland have been working to bring about the transformative change the Independent Care Review demands. Their learning stories can help you as part of your journey.⬇️
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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We've updated our logo! This update provides a visual representation of our purpose to support change to keep the promise and a visual difference between us and other bodies delivering the promise to support more clarity around roles and impact.

Read more here: ow.ly/pJhx50Xxql9
Image of the updated The Promise Scotland logo which features the promise heart (a heart made up of a blue circle, green circle, pink diamond, and smaller yellow heart within an dark blue heart outline representing the five foundations of the promise - family, care, people, voice, and scaffolding respectively) being supported by a pair of open hands. The Promise Scotland is in bold to the right side with the subtitle "Supporting change for children, families, & care experienced adults" below.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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In 2020, Scotland made a promise to transform its approach to care so all children grow up loved, safe & respected.

We have outlined specific actions for the next Government in each of the five foundations to ensure this promise is kept. Learn more here: ow.ly/oPh950Xtq1I
Graphic of 9 dots in a square formation representing community on a light yellow background representing, Voice, one of the five foundations of the promise. Text reads "Ensuring Scotland's children grow up loved, safe and respected: Scottish Government actions required to keep the promise." Actions for the next Scottish Government under, Voice, one of the five foundations of the promise. Actions include "Work in partnership with the care community to inform necessary changes in policy, legislation and guidance to the ‘language of care’, complete the redesign of the Children’s Hearings System so it upholds the rights of children and their families and operates inquisitorially, embed the voices of children, families and care experienced adults in decision-making processes that affect them, and ensure listening to children and families is embedded throughout corporate parenting plans."
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Since the promise was made, people and organisations across Scotland have been working to bring about the transformative change the Independent Care Review demands. Their learning stories can help you as part of your journey.
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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🔊New podcast out now!

On this episode, members of The Community of Practice for Siblings discuss their work to help Scotland better nurture brothers, sisters, siblings, & sibling-like relationships in care.

Watch here: ow.ly/JX7750XrHKA

Or listen here: ow.ly/EisU50XrHKB
The Promise Scotland Podcast Episode 5: The Community of Practice for Siblings
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November 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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This is Isla’s story - one of 12 composite stories developed by the Independent Care Review to represent all children & none. Her story reflects what too many children experience when the promise is not kept & will continue to if Scotland does not take the necessary action. (1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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We are proud to support this letter and pre-election paper📣
thepromise.scot The Promise Scotland @thepromise.scot · 28d
We’re delighted to have 32 organisations join our call for all political parties to commit to keeping the promise through the duration of the next Scottish parliament.

Read the joint letter & our pre-election paper which sets out the specific actions needed: ow.ly/NyKb50XpSqS
Three arrows point upwards behind the promise heart (made up of four shapes and an outline to represent the five foundations: voice, family, care, people, and scaffolding) suggesting progress to keep the promise. The quote next to the heart reads "We remain committed to keep the promise so by 2030 all children grow up loved, safe, and respected and realise their full potential."
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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We are proud to work alongside a range of excellent organisations from across the children's sector calling for all parties running in the Scottish election to #KeepThePromise
thepromise.scot The Promise Scotland @thepromise.scot · 28d
We’re delighted to have 32 organisations join our call for all political parties to commit to keeping the promise through the duration of the next Scottish parliament.

Read the joint letter & our pre-election paper which sets out the specific actions needed: ow.ly/NyKb50XpSqS
Three arrows point upwards behind the promise heart (made up of four shapes and an outline to represent the five foundations: voice, family, care, people, and scaffolding) suggesting progress to keep the promise. The quote next to the heart reads "We remain committed to keep the promise so by 2030 all children grow up loved, safe, and respected and realise their full potential."
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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We support @thepromise.scot call for all political parties to recommit to #KeepThePromise to Scotland's children.
thepromise.scot The Promise Scotland @thepromise.scot · 28d
We’re delighted to have 32 organisations join our call for all political parties to commit to keeping the promise through the duration of the next Scottish parliament.

Read the joint letter & our pre-election paper which sets out the specific actions needed: ow.ly/NyKb50XpSqS
Three arrows point upwards behind the promise heart (made up of four shapes and an outline to represent the five foundations: voice, family, care, people, and scaffolding) suggesting progress to keep the promise. The quote next to the heart reads "We remain committed to keep the promise so by 2030 all children grow up loved, safe, and respected and realise their full potential."
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
thepromise.scot
We’re delighted to have 32 organisations join our call for all political parties to commit to keeping the promise through the duration of the next Scottish parliament.

Read the joint letter & our pre-election paper which sets out the specific actions needed: ow.ly/NyKb50XpSqS
Three arrows point upwards behind the promise heart (made up of four shapes and an outline to represent the five foundations: voice, family, care, people, and scaffolding) suggesting progress to keep the promise. The quote next to the heart reads "We remain committed to keep the promise so by 2030 all children grow up loved, safe, and respected and realise their full potential."
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Today we are launching our pre-election paper setting out what must be done by the next Scottish Government and Members of the Scottish Parliament to ensure that the promise is kept.

Read the full paper here▶️ ow.ly/NyKb50XpSqS
Illustration of a child painting a heart shaped Scottish flag. Text above highlights the publication "Ensuring Scotland's children grow up loved, safe and respected: How the next Scottish Government and Parliament can make sure that Scotland keeps the promise". Text outlines what all political parties must do for the promise to be kept including working collaboratively to create a clear legislative environment, end short-term and siloed funding, improve data collection, strengthen scrutiny, accountability and governance, and use unique levers to enable shared responsibility and long-term outcomes, creating the the conditions for confident collective decisions. A heart shaped Scottish flag is faded in the background. Text outlines what all political parties must do for the promise to be kept including clearly stating their commitment to the promise made to Scotland's children in their manifestos and clearly stating their support for the development of Plan 24-30 and the implementation of the route maps for change. A heart shaped Scottish flag is faded in the background.
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Since the promise was made, people and organisations across Scotland have been working to bring about the transformative change the Independent Care Review demands. Their learning stories can help you as part of your journey. (1/2)
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Too many children are being let down by a system meant to protect them.

Our report with @fifegingerbread.bsky.social & @ipprscotland.bsky.social sets out how to change that.

👉 opfs.org.uk/betterforeve...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Check out the new Our Hearings, Our Voice guide "Seeing beyond the surface: What children and young people wish all adults knew" exploring six key themes, through the voices & creative expressions of children & young people with lived experience.

👉 www.ohov.co.uk/guide/
Guide - Our Hearings, Our Voice
This guide explores six key themes, brought to life through the voices and creative expressions of children and young people with lived experience of the care
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November 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Everyone deserves to have their rights respected

Supporting development of Rights route map to ensure rights, safety, & dignity of care experienced children, young people, adults, & their families are upheld #UNCRCScotland #BabyUNCRC #CEW25 @thepromise.scot
The Route Map to a Rights Respecting Scotland : Plan 24-30
31/10/2025
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October 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Everyone deserves to have their rights respected.
We are working with partners to develop the Rights route map to ensure the rights, safety, & dignity of care-experienced children, young people, adults & their families across Scotland are upheld. Read more here:

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text on image reads, Scotland must respect, uphold, champion and defend the rights of children and young people. There is also a badge that says rights
October 31, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Our Chief Executive, Fraser McKinlay, reflects on Care Experienced Week and the importance of embedding and upholding the rights of care experienced children, young people, adults, and their families across Scotland. Read the blog here: ow.ly/hj3950XkjRL #CEW25
An abstract scale made up of and balancing different shapes. A blog from Fraser McKinlay, Chief Executive, titled 'Respecting rights and building a better Scotland together'.
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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As we celebrate Care Experienced Week 2025, we are reflecting on this year's theme of rights.

We recently celebrated 6 years of our Youth Justice Voices project in partnership with CYCJ.

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October 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Our Chief Executive Fraser McKinlay reflects on the recent deeply concerning report from the Mental Welfare Commission and Healthcare Improvement Scotland on the Melville Unit. Read the full statement here: ow.ly/gJx550XiqFY
Beginning of the statement from the Chief Executive of The Promise Scotland that reads "The promise is clear that Scotland must strive to become a nation that does not restrain its children. This report from the Mental Welfare Commission and Healthcare Improvement Scotland shows that Scotland still has a long way to go before that is realised."
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM