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Give Me A Chance Campaign Week Announced – 30th Aug – 3rd Sept

A dedicated Anti Stigma Campaign week has been initiated by Who Cares? Scotland. The campaign week will see our campaign clip developed by young people formally launched in George Square. Join us on the morning of Sept 1st from 10am in George Square for the clip launch and the symbolic liberation of Homing Pigeons. We will be joined by Tam Baillie, Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People, Deputy Lord Provost Alan Stewart, Director of Social Work for Glasgow City Council, David Crawford and Councillor Matthew Kerr.  Learn more about the campaign and services provided for young people. The campaign week follows the recent successful radio and poster campaigns...

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Campaign Hits the Airwaves

Radio Ad: Give me a chance The next phase of the Give Me A Chance campaign hits the airwaves from June 17th.

The major radio advertising campaign, featuring 3 young people is the second phase of the campaign. The advert aims to tackle the stigma and discrimination too often faced by young people in care and to improve attitudes of the public towards them. The advert will run on Radio Clyde and its associate Bauer stations throughout Scotland for 4...

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Challenging Stigma in South Ayrshire

As South Ayrshire council concludes its public consultation on its proposed new residential unit in Maybole, 2 young people who've been in care in Ayrshire have been speaking to the Ayrshire Post about their positive experiences of the care system, describing the misperceptions about residential units and the young people who benefit from them.  The challenge now to South Ayrshire residents is to see these young people, not as a burden, but as an important part of our society and deserving of the same opportunities and support as any other young...

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Reaching Out to Young People

The Give Me A Chance campaign will be speaking to young people on Sat 27th March at a joint Young Scot and Equality and Human Rights Commission Event at the Radisson Hotel in Edinburgh.

The “We're Here! shattering Myths: changing Attitudes” event will give young people involved with the campaign the opportunity to speak to other young people in Scotland about the stigma associated with being in care and the experience of being involved with the...

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New Campaign Launched

The new campaign to tackle the stigma and discrimination faced by children and young people in care has now launched.

Developed by Who Cares? Scotland, the charity which represents the views of looked after children,‘Give me a chance’ is the call to the Scottish public from young people themselves to improve attitudes towards children in care and the residential child care system.

Already, the campaign has attracted TV, Press and Online coverage nationwide; including the BBC, the Herald and the Press and Journal.

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1580519
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/children-in-care-plead-to-be-given-a-chance-1.1002040
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8483476.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00q957s/Morning_Extra_28_01_2010/

As well as the new campaign...

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