PE1958: Extend aftercare for previously looked after young people, and remove the continuing care age cap
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to:
- Extend aftercare provision in Scotland to ‘previously looked after’ young people who left care before their 16th birthday, on the basis of individual need;
- Extend continuing care throughout Care Experienced people’s lives, on the basis of individual need; and
- Ensure Care Experienced people are able to enjoy lifelong rights and achieve equality with non-Care Experienced people. This includes ensuring that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the findings of The Promise are fully implemented in Scotland.
Petitioner: Jasmin-Kasaya Pilling on behalf of Who Cares? Scotland
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 09 August 2022
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
Committee Meetings
07 December 2022: The Committee agreed to write to CELCIS (Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection) and Staf (Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum). The Committee also agreed to invite the petitioner, representatives from Who Cares? Scotland, CELCIS, Staf, the Promise, the Children and Young People’s Commissioner, and individuals with lived experience, to a roundtable discussion.
Official Report of Meeting 07 December 2022
Written Submissions
PE1958/A:Scottish Government submission of 6 October 2022 (184KB, pdf)
PE1958/B: Petitioner submission of 24 October 2022 (183.9KB, pdf)