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It's been another busy year here at Staf with the abiding theme being the importance of being back together again. In person. Here we share some of the highlights of the year. Read more
Get to know the graphic designers for the REAL Toolkit - Shona and Scott from Swandco. design. Read more
Meet Liam, a care leaver and member of the Real Toolkit Advisory Group. Here he shares his advocacy work for young people with care experience and his thoughts on his involvement in the Real Toolkit. Read more
Advisory Group member Nikki shares her thoughts on The Real Toolkit, the joys of working with young people with care experience, and what she hopes the Toolkit can achieve. Read more
In this first 'getting to know you' blog, Allison tells us a bit about her background and why she's part of The Real Toolkit Advisory Group. Read more
Newly appointed Project worker Katrina updates us on The Real Toolkit and an exciting new Care Experienced Community steering group. Read more
At Staf’s National Conference we launched the next phase of the Building Relationships project and revealed the name of the resource: The REAL Toolkit – Relationships, Empathy and Love Read more
The Building Relationships Advisory Group will be launching their final phase of their workshop at Staf's National Conference on Tuesday 17th November. Here Papoula shares the journey so far. Read more
In 2019 we conducted our Mapping Relationships survey, to hear your thoughts about how we can improve and evaluate relationship-based practice across Scotland. Read more
In this blog, Papoula outlines 6 top tips from the Building Relationship Advisory Group to ensure relationships can remain at the centre of support to young people in care and leaving care during this time. Read more
This blog considers the experience of care for children and young people who are Black, Asian or part of other ethnic minorities, and the need for an actively anti-racist Scottish children's care sector. Read more
Staf's Learning and Development Project Worker Papoula Petri Romão updates on the work of the Building Relationships Advisory Group. Find out more about the work being undertaken and how you can get involved. Read more