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Listen to Alison Sutherland, Head of Support for The Promise Scotland in conversation with Leeann Hart, Service Manager at Children1st and Karen Shields, Service Manager Intensive Services at East Renfrewshire HSCP, as they discuss the innovative partnership work they have delivered to provide families with the holistic support they need.

Listen to Fi McFarlane of The Promise Scotland discuss the recommendations of the of the group’s final report ‘Hearings for Children: The Redesign Report’ with its Chair, Sheriff David Mackie. Their discussion looks at how these recommendations can deliver a step change not only for the Children’s Hearings System but for how we work alongside children and families across Scotland.

Listen to two members of Our Hearings Our Voice - Our Hearing Our Voice, an independent board for children and young people from across Scotland between the ages of 8-18, who have experience with the Children’s Hearings System – discuss their experiences of the project with the Chair of the Group Sheriff David Mackie, and Fi McFarlane of The Promise Scotland.

Doing Data Differently is about seeing the whole picture. And in this episode, that's what we'll discuss around the context of The Promise.
When providing joined-up support to children and families in Scotland, data too often acts as a barrier. For the promise to be kept, this needs to change.
Scotland needs data that allows us to see the whole child, and their family, within context.
It needs a culture that proactively listens to and seeks out information about the experiences of:
children,
families, and
those who support them.
And it needs to treat that information as what matters most, rather than as secondary to the type of information that is useful to ‘the care system’.
It needs joined-up data, that allows people and organisations to see entire journeys and changes over time.