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An independent children and young people’s board for the Children’s Hearings System.
And finally, our last post for 2025 Wrapped is a celebration of our Rise Up conference; an event planned and delivered by the fabulous board members of OHOV. We launched our guide, Seeing Beyond the Surface, and spoke to adults about what matters most to children and young people in the care system
17 days ago
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Day 4 – OHOV board members with experience of hearings, solicitors, CHS, SCRA, Clan ChildLaw, Civil Legal Assistance Office, Children 1st and advocacy providers worked together to create a good practice guide for solicitors. You can read the top tips here:
www.ohov.co.uk/wp-content/u...
18 days ago
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Day 3 of OHOV 2025 Wrapped! We created an online interactive guide called Seeing Beyond the Surface. The guide features videos, artwork, poetry, & voice recordings gathered from our research with children & young people, along with lots of quotes. You can visit our guide here:
www.ohov.co.uk/guide/
18 days ago
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To research what children and young people need from the professionals in their lives we spoke to groups of young people from all over Scotland. To ensure these conversations were safe & supportive we did trauma informed training & created a trauma informed guide:
www.ohov.co.uk/wp-content/u...
20 days ago
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Day 1 of OHOV's 2025 Unwrapped - Aviemore! In February we had a great weekend in Aviemore where we combined work with ice skating, archery, and dinner (not all at once). During the weekend we recorded content for our guide and started planning our conference. Excited for the next one in March 2026!
21 days ago
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That's a wrap! 🎬As we come to the end of another year with our fantastic board members we'd like to share a daily snapshot of some of our projects from 2025. Check in each day next week to see what OHOV have been working on this year!
24 days ago
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reposted by
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Scottish Children's Reporter Administration
27 days ago
A HUGE thank you to
@ohov.bsky.social
for coming along to our Hearings centre in Glasgow yesterday to present Seeing Beyond the Surface to staff. Colleagues tuned in virtually to hear about your new, interactive guide exploring what children and young people wish all adults knew.
#KeepThePromise
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Join us on 10th December, 1-2 pm, to hear about a new guide on the key role solicitors play in children’s hearings, co-produced by hearings experienced young people, solicitors and other adults involved in hearings-
www.eventbrite.com/e/good-pract...
27 days ago
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We're looking forward to presenting a chapter from our new guide for adults
#SeeingBeyondTheSurface
at the Kibble conference today. Three of our board members will explore the theme of 'support' through an interactive workshop. Not seen the guide yet? Have a look:
www.ohov.co.uk/guide/
about 1 month ago
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Have you seen our new guide?
#SeeingBeyondTheSurface
explores what matters most to children & young people in the care they receive. Structured under 6 themes and brought to life through creative expressions from young people across Scotland, it's well worth a read:
www.ohov.co.uk/guide/
about 2 months ago
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We're really looking forward to delivering a workshop at the @kibblegroup Annual Conference on the 24th November! Details below:
www.kibble.org/kibble-annua...
2 months ago
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One of the the best parts of our
#RiseUp
event was having our young people's friends, families, teachers, and partners in the audience, celebrating their hard work alongside us. We loved this video created by the partner of board member Abbie during the event! 😍
#SeeingBeyondTheSurface
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2 months ago
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Young people share expertise and care experience; leaders demonstrate they are truly listening at
#RiseUp
this week. Be part of this change across Scotland by immersing yourself in the young people's own guide for adults
www.ohov.co.uk/guide/
@thepromise.scot
@socworkscot.bsky.social
2 months ago
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All the gang
@ohov.bsky.social
celebrating the wrap up of an amazing day- change makers with lived experience, skilled influencers and storytellers, some good laughs AND the launch of a new guide for all adults
#BeyondTheSurface
👉https://www.ohov.co.uk/guide/ Boom 🤯
2 months ago
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And they did it with style! 🎤🙌
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2 months ago
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#BeyondTheSurface
brings to life what children and young people with care experience wish all adults knew. We look forward to launching this guide and celebrating the hard work of our incredible board members & the young people they worked with. Two sleeps until our
#RiseUp
event! We can't wait 🎉
3 months ago
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💫5 days to go until we launch our
#SeeingBeyondTheSurface
guide for adults! OHOV board members will creatively explore the guide's six themes with delegates at our
#RiseUp
event on Wednesday, through spoken word, poetry, art, quotes, video, voice recordings, and more. We can't wait! 🌟
3 months ago
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With just under a week to go until OHOV's
#RiseUp
celebratory event, young people share their hopes for the day in this video At the event we'll launch our online interactive guide, 'Seeing Beyond The Surface' - a creative exploration of thing things young people wish all adults knew.
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3 months ago
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3 board members joined the Experts by Experience group at CHS for a day in Parliament. They met with Natalie Don-Innes - Minister for Children, and were given a tour of the Parliament before watching First Minister’s Questions. Read more here:
www.ohov.co.uk/2025/10/08/o...
3 months ago
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We were delighted to be invited back to
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
this year to speak to education students. Board members Ash and Andrew delivered a presentation on what educators can do to support pupils with care experience. Thanks for having us, Strathclyde!
3 months ago
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OHOV have created a trauma informed guide for all adults who are working with young people in any capacity. Written in the words of our young people, the guide provides examples of trauma informed practice and highlights why this is important. Have a read of it here:
www.ohov.co.uk/2025/08/07/y...
5 months ago
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We've been travelling round the country meeting with groups of young people to chat about how professionals support care experienced children. We're gathering insights for an online guide, which will feature written work, poetry, art, videos & audio created by young people. Watch this space!
6 months ago
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reposted by
Our Hearings Our Voice
Children First
6 months ago
👂 Do you care about children’s rights? Why not become a Safeguarder and help make sure young voices are heard in hearings and court. 🧡 No qualifications needed—just empathy, integrity, and a commitment to children. Find out more 👇 🔗
childrenfirst.org.uk/.../become-a-safeguarder
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Delighted to hear that
@brawtalent.org
won a gold award at the Scottish Design Awards for the 'Articulate' animation.
www.ohov.co.uk/2025/07/01/a...
Huge thanks to the team at Braw Talent for creating such a genuine co-productive relationship w/ the young people at OHOV ❤️
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Animation wins gold award! - Our Hearings, Our Voice
We have some exciting news to share! Articulate Animation won a Gold Award at the Scottish Design Awards.
https://www.ohov.co.uk/2025/07/01/animation-wins-gold-award/
6 months ago
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We had a fab board meeting planning a trauma informed approach to research w/youth groups across Scotland. Our findings will be published in an interactive guide for professionals, based around 6 themes: privacy, relationships, support, participation, seeing potential without judgement, & language.
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7 months ago
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We had a fantastic day at the
#CiSAC25
conference. OHOV board members Ciara & Ash facilitated an interactive workshop called 'Is That Really All I Am?', exploring the impact of labelling children & young people in the Children's Hearings System. Thanks for having us
@childreninscotland.bsky.social
7 months ago
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On Saturday I was privileged to attend the Creativity & Care festival in Inverness, celebrating the creativity of an incredible group of young people. I learned more about the fantastic work of Moniack Mhor, enjoyed some artwork, and was inspired by the poetry and music of the talented young people
7 months ago
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Issue 5 of VOICE magazine is now on its way to Children’s Hearings Centres across Scotland! This issue includes: 🍰 A fun cupcake recipe 🧑🏫 Tips for teachers supporting care-experienced pupils 🎨 Inspiring poems & artwork from the young people at OHOV A huge well done to all the young people at OHOV!
8 months ago
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OHOV had a brilliant board meeting at the Articulate Hub in Glasgow on Friday. We welcomed two new board members, Jamie and Neil, and enjoyed getting to know them. Among other work, we planned our approach to an exciting upcoming project that involves research with children. Watch this space!
9 months ago
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OHOV board members Andrew, Ciara & Zodie worked on research looking at the impact of the pandemic, with researchers from
@childrensreporter.bsky.social
. The findings have now been published in an edited book: “Care and Coronavirus: Perspectives on Childhood, Youth and Family”
10 months ago
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Physical spaces are so important for children: helping them feel safe, regulated and involved in decisions about their lives.
@childrensreporter.bsky.social
asked OHOV board members, Dylan & Lewis, to help them improve their local Children’s Hearings Centre. They had plenty to say! 🗣️
10 months ago
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Board member Andrew has written a blog describing what care experienced children need from educational professionals who are supporting them. The blog explores themes of support, stigma, language, and more. Read here:
www.ohov.co.uk/2025/03/13/b...
10 months ago
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Gordon from OHOV attended
#TheRightStart
conference run by
@starcatchersuk.bsky.social
,
@together-sacr.bsky.social
and Children in Scotland. All children have agency and influence the world, regardless of age. The onus is on adults to create environments where all children are heard!
10 months ago
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Great to see board member Lisa at the Oversight Board Parliamentary reception last night. Some really powerful speeches reinforcing Scotland's commitment to
#keepthepromise
10 months ago
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Today board member Ash confidently presented to education staff at a Renfrewshire school in-service day. Ash spoke to teachers about what they can do to help support pupils with care experience, under the themes of privacy, pastoral support, behaviour, labelling, high expectations, and stigma.
10 months ago
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Talented board member Ash wrote this beautiful poem, 'Hidden Stars, Silent Paws' to explore the theme of 'potential'. Ash is a budding artist and also created this striking illustration to go with her poem. ❤️
11 months ago
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We're excited to welcome THREE new board members to OHOV! We're so looking forward to working with 'Harry', 'Hamilton', and 'The Terminator', who are just as passionate as we are about improving the Children's Hearings System for children in Scotland. Welcome! ❤️
11 months ago
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OHOV had a fantastic weekend in Aviemore with the perfect mix of friendship, fun, and planning for future projects. Some exciting work ahead of us - watch this space!
#participation
#friendship
11 months ago
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