Your trust builds a solid foundation for children to grow.
We recruit, train and support volunteer Panel Members who make legal decisions with and for children and young people in children’s hearings, and volunteer Area Support Teams (ASTs) who provide support and guidance to Panel Members locally. You may have heard of us being referred to as the Children’s Panel too.
Children’s Hearings Scotland congratulates and welcomes into the hearings system more than 330 new Panel Members. National Convener Elliot Jackson formally appointed the new Panel Members for a three-year term, following completion of their pre-service training. They will begin sitting at children’s hearings in the coming weeks.
Participation Co-ordinator Angela Phillips explains why the voice of people with lived experience is so important to shaping the hearings system.
A six-month trial of postcards that provide a new way for young people to give feedback on their hearings experience has proven a success.