We are sharing a 5 year report to mark our progress on The Promise in Renfrewshire. We recognise that we have a distance to travel, but are celebrating the achievements to date. Two reports are available Renfrewshire’s Promise and Renfrewshire’s Pinky Promise

With Mother’s Day fast approaching, for those of us who are Care Experienced, Estranged, Beareaved or have strained motherly relationships, I always appreciate receiving emails like this one from Space NK. A quick way to opt out of these emails is perfect and makes this time of year much easier ♥️

Are you care experienced and want to share a story or know someone who is? Caring Scotland is a new listening project the National Theatre of Scotland is working on. Find out more: buff.ly/44ftX4c

Thank you to @stafscot.bsky.social and to @thepromisescotland.bsky.social for organising both events at the Scottish Parliament today. #keepthepromise

We had a brilliant afternoon at the Scottish Parliament today attending the STAF event and the Promise Oversight Board event. It was fantastic to see the amount of enthusiasm in the room

This story of change focuses on the Renfrewshire Promise Keepers network and how they help share knowledge and improve services for care experienced children and young people across the area. Read more here: thepromise.scot/news/renfrew... (🧵2/2)

Renfrewshire’s foster carers got together to talk about the future of foster care as part of the national consultation. Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, @nataliedon-innes.bsky.social, attended the event organised by The Fostering Network. www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/1441...

🧡 Today marks five years since Scotland committed to #KeepThePromise to care-experienced young people. We’re proud to partner with @cycjscotland.bsky.social on our #ThePromise Package – providing bespoke opportunities, discounts & information to support young people 🔗 bit.ly/4gFR0LF

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of The Promise. We remain fully committed to improving our services across Renfrewshire to ensure they are inclusive and sensitive to the needs of our Care Experienced community. #KeepThePromise

Pleased to welcome First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social to the UofG campus to meet our widening participation team and some of our care-experienced students. The group discussed The Promise, Scotland’s commitment to care-experienced young people, and the support that UofG provides.

Our Renfrewshire Language Policy provides clear guidance for acceptable and non-stigmatising language use when speaking about Care Experience. This is an example of how we listened to our Care Experienced community. #KeepThePromise

We have over 340 Promise Keepers in Renfrewshire who work every day to enact small changes in their services to improve outcomes for the Care Experienced community. We will continue to grow the numbers and diversity of the network. #KeepThePromise

Today marks the fifth anniversary of The Promise. We remain committed to improving our services across Renfrewshire to ensure they are inclusive and sensitive to the needs of our Care Experienced community #KeepThePromise

Delighted to join @sam-grace.bsky.social in a catch up with @nataliedon-innes.bsky.social to discuss Renfrewshire’s work around The Promise.

Brilliant to catch up with Natalie Don-Innes MSP on Friday. We spoke about the ongoing work across Renfrewshire and The Promise including our Promise Keeper Network and our efforts around Supporting the Workforce and supporting Care Experienced young people with employment

At the start of this year, I set a goal to read 12 books. 16928 pages and 52 books later, armed with my dyslexia tinted reading glasses, I have officially averaged one book a week for 2024. I am so proud of having broken down this barrier and have been able to discover a fantastic new hobby!

For the second half of the morning, we had a professional speed dating session including nine different services in Renfrewshire. Attendees spent ten mins at each table learning about their work around The Promise

Richard and Adrian from @bluetriangleHA sharing their work on how they are embedding The Promise and recognising Care Experience in their Renfrewshire and national services.

Fiona Williams, Depute Educational Psychologist giving out keynote speech this morning focusing on the importance of love and relationships.

Our Director of Children’s Services, Janie O’Neill, opening the conference for us this morning highlighting some high level achievements over the past year.

Excited to be welcoming our Renfrewshire Promise Keepers along to our second annual Promise Keeper Conference. We have a packed agenda for where we will be sharing examples of practice around The Promise #KeepThePromise

Delighted to have received an unconditional offer this morning for my MSc in Policy and Management at Glasgow Uni I am so excited to be in the position to take on a postgrad and balance it alongside my professional role