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Keeping families together

Where families experience challenging times, family group decision making is a way of helping to try and keep children together...

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All our Children First support line call-takers are volunteers who give up a little of their time to help others...

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FGDM Coordinator

A fantastic opportunity to come and join the Children First team  Children First’s ambition is for every child in Scotland...

Our history

The Children First story begins in the overcrowded tenement slums of Glasgow in the 1880s. Our founder, James Grahame, was...

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Historical records

If you received care or support from Children First (formerly known as the RSSPCC) we can help you to access...

Fair Work First Statement

Children First’s organisational policies highlight our commitment to fair and inclusive work practices for all staff and volunteers. Children First...

Leadership

Together we give children hope and a safer, brighter, future.

Our Values

Our values are core to everything we do. They serve as a guide for our day-to-day actions and for our...

Impact report

For professionals

We work with professionals including teachers, health professionals, social workers, police, the courts and many others to support them to...

Safeguarders Panel Team

Across Scotland, children and young people’s lives are shaped, changed, and influenced by decisions made within the Children’s Hearings System...

Other Useful Information and Resources

What are children’s rights? Children's rights are all the things that keep children safe, healthy and happy, but they also...

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