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Ask Buddy…
about brothers and sisters in care.
P4-5
Catch Up with Louise. P6-7
Care Day & the Festival of Care. P8-9
Fun Pages. P12-13
Hey! Buddy the Bear here. Welcome back to SpeakOut Junior, Who Cares? Scotland’s magazine, especially for our younger members. I hope you enjoyed the last magazine. I’m back again to answer your questions and bring you big news, fun pages and competitions.
We hope you’ve been enjoying the warmer Spring weather and are looking forward to the Easter break. Catch you next time.
Send us your art, poems and jokes! For a chance to appear in the next issue of SpeakOut Junior, photograph or scan your creations and email them to: membership@whocaresscotland.org or post to 40 Wellington Street, Glasgow, G2 6HJ. Don’t forget to add your name, age and address. If you’d like your own copy of SpeakOut Junior posted to you, then make sure you sign up as a Family Member by visiting www.whocaresscotland.org
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Buddy love,
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Find out what’s
in this issue… pages 6-7
Ask
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...about brothers and sisters in care. pages 4-5
Care Day & the Festival of Care
pages 8-9
Louise Fun Pages Catch Up
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Ask
Buddy
Asking questions helps us understand the world around us. On this page, I’ll do my best to answer your questions! If you are still not sure, you can ask a grown up you trust or someone who works for Who Cares? Scotland to read over this page with you.
Q: What are the rules when it comes to brothers and sisters in care?
This is a great question, as recently there were some changes made to try and make things better for brothers and sisters in care in Scotland.
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What’s been your favourite moment at Who Cares? Scotland so far? The best times have been connecting with our members. Recently, I climbed a big hill in Edinburgh called Arthur’s Seat with two of our 11-year-old members. They hadn’t even met before, but we all had so much fun!
Can you tell us a bit more about your family? I talk about my dog all the time because he’s the best! He’s called Archie, he’s a Westie. He’s the biggest Westie you’ll ever see. He loves other people, but he can also be pretty grumpy with other dogs! His favourite place is the beach. The other love of my life is my son. He’s adopted. He’s also a member of Who Cares? Scotland and is 6 and a half years old. He’s got so much energy and loves life. He’s also obsessed with football, especially Ronaldo. I’m really glad he’s got Who Cares? Scotland in his life.
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What do members have to look forward to? There’s so much going on right now! There’s a big project called “The Promise” which is helping to make sure people in care are looked after and loved. Almost all of our work is making sure this happens. We’re also working on starting new groups and activities in more local areas, which is especially exciting! If you have any questions for Louise, you can ask a grown-up email them to membership@whocaresscotland.org and we’ll get her to answer them in the next issue of SpeakOut Junior.
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Care Day and the Fe Care Day is a day of celebration
for Care Experienced children, young people and adults. It started in Scotland in 2015, and is now recognised around the world.
This year Care Day was on Friday 18th February and it’s theme was ‘community’. Care Day also saw l the start of Shetland’s third Festiva of Care - Tending the Light.
Care Day Highlights We hosted an online event, which saw Care Experienced people from across the UK and Ireland explore a digital village together and talk about different topics. Parts of these chats were then recorded to make a Care Day special podcast – which is something people can listen to on our website whenever they want. Aberdeen hosted their own ‘Northern Lights Care Festival’ to celebrate their young people. Our Highland team held an event in Inverness with a live DJ, photobooth and bingo. Some of our members met with the Minister for Children and Young People to talk about how important communities are and why Care Experienced people need to have their voices heard. To celebrate Care Day 2022 in East Ayrshire, Who Cares? Scotland teamed up with our neighbours at Centrestage for an afternoon of fun, which included a singsong, a scribble session and a buffet tea! 8
estival of Care 2022
FOC22 Highlights Tending the Light, Shetland’s Festival of Care 2022 lasted 5 days and saw flag raisings and light shows across Scotland. People built their own lighthouse models to celebrate. Shetland held an art exhibition, Minecraft workshops, theatre performances and the book launch of Take a Walk in My Shoes, an extraordinary book about what it is to be a person of any age who has experienced the care system. 9
Did you know? There are lots of Care Experienced people in the movies we watch and the books we read every day! You may have come across some of these characters without even knowing it. Each issue of SpeakOut Junior I’ll introduce you to some of these characters and the different types of care experience.
Did you know?
Spiderman is Care Experienced?
Yes, your favourite swinging superhero is Care Experienced just like you! There are lots of different stories about Spiderman. You might have come across him in comics or in cartoons or in films. But in each story Spiderman grows up in kinship care. Kinship care means you live with family members who aren’t your mum and dad. 10
Spiderman, whose real name is Peter Parker, grew up without his mum and dad there to look after him. He lived with his Uncle Ben and Aunt May who took care of him and loved him. What the story of Spiderman shows us is that Care Experienced people have what it takes to be superheroes. Your life might be different, but you might be going through your first superhero training lesson.
In It To Win It
Win a
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Once you have completed the IN IT TO WIN IT page please return it to us by Thursday June 26th to be in with a chance of winning a £25 voucher of your choice. You can do this by giving the page to your WC?S APW, or asking a grown-up to email a photo of your entry to membership@whocaresscotland.org or post it to 40 Wellington St, Glasgow, G2 6HJ. Good luck!
Scrambled Eggs - Can you unscramble these words? 1) DUDDYB
(Hint: you’ll see him in this magazine…)
2) AADVOYCC
(It’s something Who Cares? Scotland offers!)
3) SESWTE
(You might eat lots of these at Easter)
Easter Egg Hunt Can you help the Easter Bunny count his eggs?
YOUR NAME:
Last Issues Winners Leo (9), Ayla (10), Shannon (10), Lewis (8)
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Deliver the Eggs Can you help the Easter Bunny find his way to the picnic and deliver his eggs?
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Colour Me In
We want to see your finished pictures! Ask a grown up or your WC?S APW to help you send in your picture. They can email us at membership@ whocaresscotland.org. Don’t forget to include your name and age.
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Join the
Dots
Can you join the dots on our Easter Bunny?
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The WC?S Phone Book Find out if we have an advocate in your area Lanarkshire Prajapa Seneviratne Advocacy Coordinator North Lanarkshire 07849 087 753 Ray MacLean Advocacy Coordinator North Lanarkshire 07523 512 800 Brenda Ann Murphy APW North Lanarkshire 07849 083 141 Elle Scott APW North Lanarkshire (Mat Cover) 07849 086 188 Jacqueline McLachlan APW North Lanarkshire 07841 033 020
Kerry Connor APW North Lanarkshire 07841 033 019 Lisa Allan APW North Lanarkshire 07790 341 265 Mags Corr APW North Lanarkshire 07841 033 018 Suzanne Niven APW North Lanarkshire 07849 083 248 Laura Campbell Development Officer North Lanarkshire CB 07849 086 191
Ewen Kerr Advocacy Coordinator South Lanarkshire 07970 515 442 Lynne Morris APW South Lanarkshire 07786 068 138 Michelle McAtear APW South Lanarkshire 07841 033 107 Callum Holt Development Coordinator South Lanarkshire 07769 325 162
North James Cameron APW Highland & Advocacy Coordinator North 07841 878 953 Jantine Van Loon APW Highland 07850 852 708 Kirsteen Wood APW Highland 07523 512 610 Paula Campbell APW Moray 07712 870 335
Rachel Campbell Advocacy & Participation Development Officer Highland Schools 07597 577 843 Kayleigh Griffin Advocacy & Participation Development Officer Moray CB & Schools 07841 032 885 Judith King APW Highland and Moray 07583 050 179
Angelina Maytum APW Orkney 07849 087 478 Sian Wild APW Shetland and Participation and Project Coordinator Rachel Hewitt APW Shetland 07849 090 687 Donna Mcleod Bray APW Western Isles 07764 290 921
North East Lynne Williamson APW Aberdeenshire 07712 869 576
Emma Mackintosh APW Aberdeen CHS 07515 330 681
Jessica Varney APW Rossie YP Trust 07849 083 246
Kelly Laing APW Perth & Kinross, Participation Assistant Dundee 07748 494 341
Paul Lamont APW Dundee 07787 436 681
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Tracy Maxwell Development Officer, Aberdeen 07849 083 246 Abigail Pass APW Angus 07810 570 222
Grown ups, you can find out more about our advocacy referral process by visiting our website whocaresscotland.org West Central
Heather Nailard APW Argyll & Bute 07769 325 000 Pamela Hynes APW Argyll & Bute, Crossreach 07739 078 244 Sorcha Tams APW Falkirk and Clackmannanshire 07598 580 320
Morag Cantwell Advocacy Coordinator (Forth Valley) 07523 512 612
Bethany Simpson APW (SP) West Dunbartonshire 07787 560 467
Mary Bateman APW Falkirk and Stirling 07739 078 247
Jemma Kane Advocacy Coordinator (Kibble) 07540 823 286
Caroline Ironside APW Stirling 07849 084 996 Jordan Ray APW East Dunbartonshire 07849 086 681
Amy Goodwin APW Spark of Genius 07971 474 168
South East Sophie Morris APW East Lothian 07985 046 739
Ellie Crozier APW Edinburgh 07712 870 390
Lesley-Ann Rafferty APW Edinburgh 07787 560 471
Keira Kerracher APW Edinburgh & Sycamore 07849 083 003
Kieran Platts Development Officer Edinburgh 07841 033 104 Susan Armstrong APW (SP) Midlothian and Scottish Borders 07712 872 078
South West Denise McMillan APW East Ayrshire 07932 101 076
Fiona Simpson APW Glasgow 07787 560 472
Lindsay Cook APW East Renfrewshire 07973 801 709
Kim Campbell APW Glasgow 07712 870 343
Sheryl Kay APW South Ayrshire 07738 195 692
West Caroline Breen APW Renfrewshire 07394 418 025
Morag Cantwell APW West Lothian 07523 512 612
Rachel Outram APW Renfrewshire 07985 089 947
Donald Walker APW Renfrewshire 07712 865 958
Sharon Edwards APW West Lothian 07779 451 117
Geraldine Whitson APW West Lothian 07712 870 345
Lauren Hall Development Officer Communities that Care (Renfrewshire) 07731 153 702
Zoey Hillman Development Officer Renfrewshire 07484 089 832
Karen Kearney APW West Lothian 07523 512 796
Heather Donaldson Development Officer (Volunteering & Influencing) 07523 512 797
Alex Horne Development Officer North Ayrshire 07841 033 100
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