As part of Scottish Children’s Health Week 2026, we’re celebrating #BeCalm Wednesday by reflecting on the wonderful experiences shared during this year’s Bear’s Big Adventure Days. This year, families joined us for three unforgettable adventures at M&D’s Theme Park, Edinburgh Zoo, and Stirling Castle with one more adventure to go at the Glasgow Science Centre. […]
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Helping Children Thrive at School: Listening to Kinship Carers, Learning Together
For many care experienced children and young people, school can be far more than a place of learning. It can also be a place where the impacts of trauma, loss, uncertainty, health conditions, and additional support needs are felt most keenly. For kinship carers, supporting a child to feel safe, included, and able to thrive […]
Play, Connection and Community at Stirling Castle: Bear’s Dragon Tails Picnic
School holidays can be both exciting and challenging for Kinship Care families. Finding opportunities that are affordable, inclusive, and accessible for children and young people is not always easy. Many carers tell us they can feel isolated, overlooked and forgotten, despite the vital role they play in providing love, care and stability for children and […]
Play isn’t a Luxury. It’s a Right: Bear’s Big Adventure Day at Edinburgh Zoo
Kinship carers are often forgotten so thank you for remembering us. Sometimes a single sentence says everything. For many Kinship Care families, school holidays can be an especially difficult time. Finding affordable, accessible and inclusive opportunities for children to play, learn and have fun isn’t always easy. Many carers tell us they feel isolated, overlooked […]
All Hands on Deck! Pirate Adventure Delivers Powerful Boost to Kinship Families’ Health and Wellbeing
Families from across Scotland set sail on a day of laughter, movement and connection as Children’s Health Scotland launched its first Bear’s Big Adventure Day of 2026 — a swashbuckling pirate takeover at M&D’s Scotland’s Theme Park. Disguised as a day of pure fun, Bear‑ied Treasure delivered something far more powerful: inclusive, child‑led health‑related play […]
Kinship Carers Share Their Views: Our Family Participation Group Responds to Scotland’s National Vision for Kinship Care
At Children’s Health Scotland, we recently invited kinship families from our Family Participation Group to share their views on the Scottish Government’s consultation on the National Vision for Kinship Care in Scotland. We were deeply grateful that 28 kinship families took part. Their reflections — honest, thoughtful, and rooted in lived experience — offer a […]
Expanding Support: National Online Training for Foster and Kinship Carers
We’re delighted that our free, rights‑based and trauma‑informed workshops for foster and kinship carers continue to be so well‑received across Scotland. Thanks to strong partnership working with local authorities and other organisations, all available places for our 2026 programmes have now been fully allocated.
Rights, Resilience and Real-Life Stories — our Autumn/Winter 2025 Magazine
Across Scotland, children and young people are discovering their health rights — and this season’s magazine from Children’s Health Scotland is a celebration of what happens when those rights are recognised, respected, and realised.
Celebrating Rights and Raising Voices – Care Experienced Week 2025
The rights and voices of care experienced children are the focus of this year’s Care Experienced Week – a powerful celebration of identity, resilience, and empowerment. Running from 25 October to 1 November, the week honours children, young people, and adults who have experience of care – whether through foster care, kinship care, residential settings, […]
Bear’s OUTTA THIS WORLD Adventure at Dynamic Earth
During the October School Holidays, Kinship Care families from across Scotland joined us for a truly intergalactic experience at Dynamic Earth — and what a cosmic adventure it was!
