A flying visit to Ireland’s Secure Care Centres
CYCJ’s secure care lead Ruby Whitelaw recently visited two of Ireland’s secure care centres. Here’s what she learnt about the similarities and differences – and what both countries can learn from each other in providing a trauma-informed environment Following the innovative presentation by Professor Ursula Kilkelly at CYCJ’s National Youth Justice Conference in June, I […]
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Co-production: ‘all of the ladders and none of the snakes’
Inclusion as Prevention (IAP) has produced a new report about co-production, that is intended as a resource for those working with children and young people who are considering a co-production, participatory or collaborative methodology. Co-production, Co-design, Participation – or something else? documents the South Lanarkshire’s project’s use of co-production to measure change, to enable and encourage […]
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Reimagining The Promise
We talk about Keeping The Promise – but what does this actually look like, when working with children and young people in conflict with the law? CYCJ’s Director Fiona Dyer shares why and how CYCJ has changed its approach to be part of the change demanded by the findings of the Independent Care Review. Keeping […]
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Heart and Hope in East Ayrshire
In East Ayrshire work is well underway on an approach to community involvement in planning and commissioning services, known as the Heart Model. Commissioning officer Paula Raymond spoke to the University of Strathclyde’s Talking Hope project about how Heart is building hope for communities and the council. Traditionally, at East Ayrshire we commissioned services as […]
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Young people support others to talk loss
To support conversations around grief, bereavement and loss with children and young people, South Lanarkshire’s Inclusion as Prevention (IAP) project is sharing a collection of animations produced by the Springhall and Whitlawburn Youth Development Team (SWYDT). Five animations focus on local grief and loss services: GoTo, Young Minds, Regen:fx Youth Trust, Give us a break! and The GIVIT. […]
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Talking Hope…and Talking Mats
In this guest blog for the University of Strathclyde led Talking Hope project, Margo Mackay (Operations Director at Talking Mats Ltd) shares what this innovative social enterprise is doing to support and promote balanced conversations in the justice system with young people. What is Talking Mats? The aim of Talking Mats is to create a […]
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Staying Connected: Care-experienced children and young people with a sibling in custody
When you’re in care, being separated from a sibling can have a detrimental impact. The SCRA and Families Outside Staying Connected project has been set up to find out what it feels like when brothers and sisters are separated where one is care-experienced and one is in prison. In this blog for CYCJ, Kirsty Deacon […]
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Everyone helps us to the finishing line
This short video shares the Inclusion as Prevention journey, who our partners are, what they do for IAP – and why it’s so important to work together in order to reach the finishing line. Please share on social media via #IAPcommunity.
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IAP Football Project scores a goal in the community
“I just want to play football. It’s really hard to find a pitch to play on” Inclusion as Prevention (IAP) has shared findings from an innovative pilot project which provided access to football pitches for marginalised young people in South Lanarkshire, and the hugely positive impact this has had, both on them and the community. This project […]
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