independent information, peer support, advocacy and training
In this informative presentation to members of the Positive Action Group on the Isle of Man, lawyer and social worker Allan Norman of Celtic Knot makes reference to the ‘named person’ judicial review, the outcome of which he accurately predicted Read More …
Published in the Scottish Review, 24 August 2016. On 28 July 2016, the Scottish Government’s controversial named person scheme was finally declared dead in the water as the highest court in the land ruled that the information sharing powers on which it Read More …
Home educators were among the first to identify the threats to parents’ and children’s human rights posed by the Scottish Government’s GIRFEC / Named Person scheme (a clone of the failed English ECM / ContactPoint which had been initiated by Read More …
The UK Supreme Court Two words. We won! And we were there in person for the handing down of the judgment and subsequent media frenzy. Read the UK Supreme Court ‘named person’ judgment Of note: “The first thing that a Read More …
The Faculty of Advocates has urged the Scottish Government to “get back to basics” on children’s rights in a robust response to the consultation on children’s service planning. Under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, non-statutory guidance will be issued Read More …
