Happy Holidays from Families Outside!

Happy Holidays from Families Outside!

Last week the Families Outside team gathered together for our festive lunch, complete with games (that only got slightly competitive!) and our annual Christmas quiz. We are not often all together in the same place, with our team spread out across the whole of Scotland, so it was great to come together and share food, […]

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Honouring Loved Ones: Families United in Remembrance

Honouring Loved Ones: Families United in Remembrance

Written by a family member.   I recently attended a special memorial service organised by Families Outside, in collaboration with Absent Friends, a support organisation dedicated to helping people in Scotland remember their departed loved ones. Taking place on Saturday, 4 November 2023, this heartfelt gathering provided a poignant opportunity for families who have lost […]

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Care-experienced children affected by sibling imprisonment are slipping under the radar

Care-experienced children affected by sibling imprisonment are slipping under the radar

An estimated 70% of care-experienced children and young people in Scotland experience separation from their siblings. This can create enormous barriers to maintaining some of the most important relationships in these children’s lives… and this is made even more significant when one sibling is sent to prison. New pioneering research, published on Wednesday 6th December, […]

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Staying Connected: Care-experienced children and young people with a sibling in prison or secure care

Staying Connected: Care-experienced children and young people with a sibling in prison or secure care

Today Families Outside is launching a pioneering report, in collaboration with The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) and funded by The Promise Partnership. The report, titled ‘Staying Connected: Care-experienced children and young people with a sibling in prison or secure care’, explores the topic of care-experienced siblings separated by imprisonment or secure care and the gap […]

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Falling through the cracks: Child poverty and the impact of imprisonment

Falling through the cracks: Child poverty and the impact of imprisonment

Reflecting on Challenge Poverty Week from Families Outside’s perspective – run by Poverty Alliance from Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th October – the message is clear: for many families in Scotland, poverty can be all-encompassing… and this can have a massive effect on children. When the current Scottish First Minister took office, ending child poverty […]

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