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Speak Out Magazine | WINTER 2020
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Lifetime of Lockdown
Have You Seen our Care Family Christmas Plan?
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adly, because of Covid-19 we are not able to host our Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day this year. But we want our members to know that we will still be here and so have come up with a plan to make sure that you feel loved and supported this Christmas. Christmas Parcel: This issue of SpeakOut is part of your Christmas Parcel. We’ve sent out parcels to all of our members, that’s over 2,900 parcels! They include: a Christmas Card, the Winter issue of SpeakOut, a chocolate Santa and a tree decoration. We hope you like them! A Christmas Wish: Care Experienced people have been
given the opportunity to make Christmas Wishes, which we are doing our best to make come true. A Calendar of Digital Connection: We are offering our members opportunities to connect digitally over the Christmas period. Have a look on our website and our social media platforms to see what’s available! The Helpline: Remains open throughout the Christmas period. Monday-Friday 12noon4pm, this includes Christmas Day. You can phone 0330 107 7540 or email help@ whocaresscotland.org to talk to someone.
Thank You to the Collective
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n behalf of everyone at Who Cares? Scotland, we would like to say an extra special ‘THANK YOU’ to all the members of Who Cares? Scotland’s National Representative Body – the Collective, who completed their 2 year terms on December 12th. The Collective was made up of Who Cares? Scotland members from across Scotland who were committed to contributing to our ambition of a lifetime of equality, respect and love for all Care Experienced People. From the very first gathering in December 2018, to all of the influencing moments with Scottish Government, the First
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Minister, Corporate Parents and many more – each of you should be proud of all your hard work over the last two years. Find out what the future holds for Scotland’s National Representative Body and how you can have your say on page 9.
By Megan , 19
Lockdown, the dreaded word, Suddenly your life is now all backwards, Well for us, This is the norm. The norm of feeling trapped, Not knowing how our life is going to be mapped, No choice, No voice. Waiting on an answer, As we feel our emotions getting chucked into a blender Anxious ball of nerves, Our life stories filled with things no one deserves. We miss our family, The ones who were my anchors, Such as my cousins, and my little brother. I wished the time without them felt like blur. But it doesn’t, it’s destroying me, Only wishing I had the key, To a happy and successful time, But instead all I can do is climb. Climbing, climbing, all day long, Up and down, left to right, up against the walls, Down again, down again, Constantly asking – when? When am I going to be free? Free of the uncertainty, Free of the blurring. Free of THIS life. See this life I’m talking about, Don’t be in doubt, Isn’t about lockdown in 2020. This is the life of care experience, A constant act of balance, So please remember to give us a voice, And remember we didn’t get a choice!
