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The Glasgow Children’s Hearings Improvement Partnership marked its first anniversary with a gathering of partners to review the first 12 months of operation.Key partners from across the city got together on Wednesday 30 January to look back on the year and also to...

The Scottish Government has published a discussion paper and is inviting comments on thoughts on a number of issues relating mainly to supporting children under 12 attending investigative interviews under the Age of Criminal Responsibility (S) Bill, but also touching...

A briefing sheet has been published giving some highlights of the latest CHIP meeting and also some other work which is ongoing. You can read the briefing sheet following the meeting on 10 December here. This is our third quarterly briefing following a meeting. The...

The minutes of the CHIP meeting held on 13 September 2018 are now available. You can view them here. They were approved at the recent meeting on 10 December. If you have any questions about the minutes, please get in touch via CHIP-partnership@gov.scot...

On 17 December the Scottish Government hosted the first CHIP seminar, at Victoria Quay, Edinburgh. The seminar focussed on research published by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) in January 2018 – ‘Complexity in the lives of looked after children...

A briefing sheet has been published giving some highlights of the latest CHIP meeting and also some other work which is ongoing. You can read the briefing sheet following the meeting on 13 September here. This is our second briefing following a meeting. Going forward,...

The minutes of the CHIP meeting held on 12 June 2018 are now available. You can view them here. They were approved at the recent meeting on 13 September. If you have any questions about the minutes, please get in touch via CHIP-partnership@gov.scot  ...

CELCIS (Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children) have worked with SCRA to produce a new research report. The report ‘Contact Decisions in the Children’s Hearings System’ is available to read here. The research considered - When and how, if at all, do decisions...

A briefing sheet has been published giving some highlights of the June CHIP meeting and also some other work which is ongoing. You can read the briefing sheet here. Going forward, a briefing sheet will be issued quarterly, following each CHIP meeting....

Work is underway to better equip solicitors to support children and families at Children’s Hearings. The CHIP has set up a short term working group to identify the essential areas of knowledge that solicitors require in order to engage constructively in the Children’s...