Looked after children
Feeling Safe and Nurtured in a Home Setting Working Group
The Feeling Safe and Nurtured in a Home Setting Working Group is responsible for the delivery of Actions 16-19 from the 'We Can and Must Do Better' report.
| Action 17 | We will provide £5 million of additional funding in the current financial year to local authority and voluntary providers of children’s homes and units in residential schools to improve their physical environment and to create an educationally rich environment for the children and young people who live there. |
| Action 18 | We will clarify the duty on local authorities to ensure that they provide safe, secure and appropriate accommodation to looked after young people until at least 18. The accommodation must appropriately support their longer-term outcomes in terms of education, employment and training. |
| Action 19 | We will clarify the duty on local authorities to provide appropriate support to their care leavers up to the age of 21. |
Group membership
| Addie Stevenson (Chair) | Aberlour Trust |
| Heather Gray | Who Cares? Scotland |
| Ilona Richards | Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum |
| Ronnie Hill | Care Commission |
| John Boreland | Renfrewshire Council |
| Mike Rodden | West Dunbartonshire Council |
| Maureen Anderson | Scottish Institute of Residential Child Care |
| Leon Fulcher | Kibble Centre |
| Margaret Sloan | Good Shepherd Centre |
| Sandy Anderson | Stirling Council |
| Kenny Simpson | East Dunbartonshire Council |
| Dr Margaret McGuire | Scottish Government |
| Pippa Goldschmidt | Scottish Government |
| Anna Donald | Scottish Government |
| Jackie Brock | Scottish Government |
| Anna Fowlie | Scottish Government |
| Viv Boyle | Scottish Government |
| Graham McCann | Scottish Government |
Related links
Safe and nurtured
What this means in practical terms, and plans to improve children's and young people's experiences so they feel safe and nurtured.