Children 1st encourage children, families and professionals to make the national Bairns Hoose standards as strong as possible

Responding to the publication of a consultation on the draft national Bairns Hoose standards, Mary Glasgow, Children 1st, Chief Executive said:

“This is an incredibly important step in the long overdue transformation of support for children in need of protection and justice. The commitment that no child victim or witness should have to go to court or, experience harm from the systems that should be there to help them has been hard fought for; and the final version of these Standards will be key to realising that ambition.

“Children 1st urge all of the children, families, professionals and campaigners who have worked so hard to get to this stage to respond to the consultation to make sure these Standards provide the strongest possible foundation for rolling Bairns’ Hoose out for every child that needs it. We look forward to continuing to share the learning from our work to develop the country’s first Bairns Hoose - bringing together protection, justice, care and support under one roof, to wrap around the needs of children and families who have experienced trauma, violence and abuse and to make sure children get everything they need to recover and thrive.”

Read more about Bairns Hoose or download our 7-minute briefing What is a Bairns Hoose?