Parenting across Scotland - out and about! 27 March 2024 Arran Goodfellow, PAS Policy and Engagement Officer, starts our 'Out and about' series with a report on her visit to Multi-Cultural Family Base in Edinburgh.
Policy overview: March 2024 27 March 2024 Your monthly update of key policy developments of relevance to Parenting across Scotland, our members and wider network.
Access to hobbies and leisure activities report published 18 March 2024 Our CEO Amy Woodhouse has published her Churchill Fellowship 2023 Report, 'Increasing Children and Young People's Access to Hobbies and Leisure Activities'.
Discussion event on children's access to hobbies 15 March 2024 Amy Woodhouse will be talking online about her Churchill Fellowship trip to Finland and Iceland and exploring access to hobbies on 20 March 2024.
Parenting Evidence Review - invitation to tender for research 27 November 2023 We are commissioning an experienced researcher or research organisation to undertake a brief and focused evidence review about parenting in Scotland in 2023.
Policy and Engagement Officer - an exciting new opportunity at PAS 16 November 2023 We are seeking to employ a skilled Policy and Engagement Officer to support our work and ensure what we do has an impact.
Welcoming Amy Woodhouse, our new CEO 24 October 2023 This week we welcome our new CEO, Amy Woodhouse, who joins us to focus our collective efforts on improving children’s lives and being a strong advocate for parents and families.
Meet our new trustees! 10 October 2023 PAS is delighted to have Louise Marryat, Fiona McHardy, Katie Metcalfe and Sarah Rogers on board as Parenting across Scotland trustees.
Exceptional opportunity to lead PAS into a new era 22 May 2023 We are recruiting a Chief Executive to lead the organisation and to put our new strategy into action. This an exciting opportunity to lead a small yet powerful charity dedicated to influencing policy and practice for parents, children, and families.
New trustees sought for exciting times at PAS 21 May 2023 We are recruiting new members to our board of trustees to help us achieve our vision and strategy as we start a new era for Parenting across Scotland.
'This is me': how child impact assessments can help children with a parent in prison 26 January 2023 Prison Reform Trust has published 'This is me', a toolkit of resources showing the importance of child impact assessments and how they might be used at every stage as a parent goes through the criminal justice system.
Paying the price: the cost to families of imprisonment and release 26 January 2023 New research from Families Outside highlights the role of prison in creating, sustaining and deepening poverty for children and families.
The Village 3 November 2022 The Village is an independent place where parents of children under five and parents to be, with care experience, can find information and a listening ear, and can support each other.
Shared Lives: support and accommodation for parents with learning disabilities 3 November 2022 Shared Lives is a model of care and accommodation that helps bridge the gaps for parents with learning disabilities, giving them the support they need and deserve, as parents and people.
Parental awareness of the UNCRC 3 November 2022 Parents need information about the incorporation of UNCRC into Scots law and what that means; how to take action on children’s rights should they need to; how to get help/advice; and how to speak with their children about UNCRC