How does your council measure up on GIRFEC?

  Our latest GIRFEC-related magnum opus has just been published, in which we have compared council claims  in relation to the gathering and sharing of ‘wellbeing’ data on children and family members with information published on their websites. Read our Read More …

Our Scottish Parliament Petition: The Never Ending Story

In a seemingly never ending loop, the Education & Skills Committee agreed at its virtual meeting on 11 November 2020  to keep our Petition PE01692 (calling for a public inquiry into the human rights impact of GIRFEC) open, and to Read More …

GIRFEC petition update: our latest submission to Committee

Our Petition PE01692 calling for a public inquiry into the human rights impact of GIRFEC was lodged jointly with Tymes Trust in 2018 following a ‘Fringe’ event we had organised for families concerned about increasing state surveillance and interference in Read More …

Home educators’ evidence airbrushed out of the ASN Inquiry

Once again, home educators and home education support groups were airbrushed out of ‘evidence’ to the Education & Skills Committee’s Additional Support Needs Inquiry, despite so many children becoming home educated due to schools’ failure to ensure their safety or Read More …