Want to be a part of changing how we do secure care in Scotland?
STARR – Scotland’s safe space for secure care experienced people of all ages – is recruiting for new members. You’ll help shape, drive and deliver STARR’s aim for secure care to be rights-respecting and trauma-informed – using your experiences to help others.
STARR meets twice a month in person and online, and welcomes new members current.ly living in secure care centres.
To find out more, email julia/swann@strath.ac.uk.
As STARR – Scotland’s only curated space for secure care experienced people – celebrates winning a Young Scot Community Award, the group’s co-founder and chair Beth-Anne Logan reflects
Multiple failures by the systems meant to support her led to Hannah experiencing turmoil and trauma from an early age. Despite these challenges, she’s working on healing herself so that she can be in the best place to give others the helping hand she should have had.
I was 13 the first time the police pinned me down on the ground, handcuffed me and put me in the back of a police van.
In this guest blog for CYCJ about heroin addiction, Amc speaks frankly about peer pressure and the impact addiction had on his relationships – and why jail wasn’t the answer.
Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice
University of Strathclyde
Lord Hope Building, Level 6
141 St. James Road Glasgow G4 0LT
(0141) 444 8622
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