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Chair and two commissioners appointed to lead a pilot forum for adult survivors of child abuse in residential care in Scotland |
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In Scotland, a chair and two commissioners have been appointed to lead a pilot forum testing ways for adult survivors of child abuse in residential care to talk about their experiences.
To read more on the Scottish Government website click here
To read more of the Survivor Scotland website click here
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Last Updated ( Friday, 04 December 2009 15:46 )
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Advisory group for “Acknowledgement and Accountability' forum in Scotland |
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The Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care (SIRCC) and the Care Leavers' Association (CLA) have been funded by the Scottish Human Rights Commission to carry out some research which will inform recommendations by the Commission on how human rights can best be realised in the design and implementation of an “Acknowledgement and Accountability” Forum in Scotland for those that were abused in care as children. We are due to submit a draft report of our findings to the Commission on the 15th December.
However, the Scottish Government informed us (SIRCC and the CLA) last week that Scottish Ministers have already agreed some of the parameters for a pilot of the forum without being informed by our research. We feel that it is important to be transparent and open about this. In relation to our research, we are still going ahead and reporting the findings in their entirety, but in doing so, also highlighting any contradictions with the parameters of the pilot Forum that have already been decided. The document which outlines the parameters of this forum can be downloaded below:
Acknowledgement and Accountability Pilot
Tom Shaw, the chair of the pilot forum, will be making a statement in the next few days on the SurvivorsScotland website. Anyone who would like more information on the proposed pilot should contact
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Last Updated ( Friday, 04 December 2009 12:41 )
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CLA survey reveals that 145 young people have gone missing from care in the last year |
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CLA Press Release 19/11/09: Missing without a trace: 145 young people from care go missing in the last year
A survey of 202 local authorities across the UK, conducted by the Care Leavers’ Association (CLA), revealed that, over the last year, at least 145 children and young people have gone missing from care, with the local authorities having no knowledge of their whereabouts.
The survey, undertaken using the Freedom of Information Act, revealed that:
- At least 40 local authorities have had children and young people go missing without a trace.
- A further six local authorities could not respond to the survey because they keep no central record of all children who have gone missing from their care despite a government emphasis on recording this figure.
- Ninety per cent of those missing are unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC), which raises concerns that many may have become victims of trafficking.
- More than one in ten of those who are missing are children
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Last Updated ( Monday, 26 April 2010 11:53 )
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Read more: CLA survey reveals that 145 young people have gone missing from care in the last year
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Care leavers gather to commemorate children from the Smyllum orphanage |
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On Saturday 21st November, a group of Scottish care leavers, survivors and Zachari Duncalf (CLA Treasurer) gathered at the St Mark's cemetery in Lanarkshire to commemorate the lives of over 100 children that had died and were buried in unmarked graves from the Smyllum orphanage. These children's deaths took place from 1864 until the orphanage closed in the 1980s.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 23 November 2009 14:56 )
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Read more: Care leavers gather to commemorate children from the Smyllum orphanage
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