Pledge Wall

❤ We pledge to commit to increasing the number of sibling placements each year for the next five years and to publish progress on our website.

❤ I pledge to contribute good practice resources to the Stand Up For Siblings website to support fellow practitioners’ efforts to improve practice.

❤ I pledge to make research evidence on getting it right for siblings accessible to all and to bring to the attention of decision-makers the data gaps that exist.

❤ I pledge to engage with a wide variety of children, young people, families and other stakeholders, helping to build clear and ambitious messages for change on this crucial issue.

❤ I will help children to see their brothers and sisters more (if separated) and/or ensure they stay together if possible by understanding the practical barriers that social workers and carers can face and creatively find solutions together.

❤ We pledge to help our clients maintain sibling relationships, and to make the law work better for siblings, especially those with care experience.

❤ I pledge to ensure that in my work the importance of brother & sister relationships is amplified as a key aspect of research evidence, assessment practice, decision making & lifelong wellbeing for children & young people in & on the edges of care.

❤ The Permanence and Care Team commit to placing sibling placement and contact on the agenda in every PACE area, and look at data in relation to Siblings locally to develop improved outcomes based on good information.

❤ I will help decision-makers, practitioners and those who support alternative carers of children to appreciate the importance of separated brothers and sisters keeping in touch.

❤ I pledge to ensure that priority is given within my service to keeping siblings together, and to actively raise the profile of sibling relationships in my agency and the organisations I work with.

❤ I pledge to continue to keep the conversation going with my kids about their brother and sisters living elsewhere.

❤ We pledge to ensure that the importance of sibling relationships is considered in all the training, postgraduate education, consultancy and research that we deliver.

❤ I pledge to encourage organisations and individuals that we work with to consider how they can support sibling relationships to flourish and to actively listen to what children and young people are saying at every opportunity,

❤ I pledge to continue the valuable relationship and contact our children have with their sibling and to sharing the message of how important these relationships are through speaking opportunities with prospective adopters.

❤ We pledge to continue promoting the value of positive sibling relationships throughout our work with families

❤ I pledge to support children and young people to be heard within the care system, to have their rights respected and to play an active part in creating positive change.

❤ I pledge to make sure sibling contact is part of the discussion wherever I am able to

❤ I pledge to Stand up for siblings and to do whatever I can in my power to help children and young peoples lives to be abit easier. I will also always do my best to ensure that children and young people are treated with a life time of equality, respect and love.

❤ I plege to do all I can to raise awareness of how crucial the issue of positive sibling contact is for young people who are care experienced and must be considered as part of our wish to make Scotland the best place in the world to grow up for ALL children and young people.

❤ I pledge to Stand up for siblings through our work with families across Scotland, offering advice and resources around sibling adoption.

❤ I pledge to continue to advocate for my foster son to have the regular contact with his twin that he desperately wants and needs.

❤ Advocate on behalf of any young person or sibling group that I work with in Swiss Foster Care. To promote & fight for at any given opportunity for their right to have the best contact and relationship with each other. To make sure in their absence at any meeting that this relationship is seen as paramount to their future adult lives.

❤ I will always stand up for brothers & sisters to have the right to have their views on contact & permanence planning about each other heard each step of the way if they become looked after as this is their right & I will help them fight to protect it & I will ensure the social workers I manage do the same

❤ I pledge to raise awareness of the importance of positive sibling contact for care experience children and young people. To allow children & young people’s voices to be listened to & heard by adults.

❤ I pledge to always promote sibling relationships and encourage other social workers to have a different and forward thinking view of identity and a sense of belonging ?

❤ I pledge to do research to provide the evidence to effect real change for children and young people in care

❤ I pledge to keep supporting siblings to keep in touch.

❤ I pledge to keep the values and energy from today alive in all discussions I have RE siblings whenever the topic comes up – legislation, action, policy etc.

❤ I pledge to engage with a wide variety of children and young people, families and stakeholders helping to build clear and ambitious messages for change on this crucial issue.

❤ I pledge to take what I have heard today and present to my fellow colleagues in Family Placement and to hold on to it in my practice and aim to begin changing others practice to change.

❤ I pledge to stand with and for siblings. Because we deserve stable, loving relationships with our brothers and sisters in whatever form that takes.

❤ I pledge to keep this conversation going – and be as adventurous as possible when it comes to supporting sibling relationships.

Thomas – that story tho ?

❤ I pledge to ensure that Children’s Reporters give equivalency to the advice they give on contact direction.

❤ The Independent Care Review pledges to work with Stand up for Siblings, understand better the complexities to make life better for brothers and sisters across Scotland.

❤ I pledge to link Who cares? with Foster carers and adopters both in preparation and post approval.

❤ I pledge to hold those to account that are to be implemented, Don’t just discuss it, do something about it and make a change.

❤ To hold a steady spotlight on the rights of brothers and sisters to have regular healthy contact with their siblings whenever it’s possible.

More than that, I will actively promote systems change, in order to offer family support earlier, so sisters and brothers aren’t separated in the first place.

❤ Make sure that sibling contact is part of the agenda of all meetings I attend and keep focusing workers on the importance of this crucial part of children's lives. Consistently raise awareness of the mistakes from the past and help change the future.

❤ I pledge to do all that I can to support positive sibling contact in an effort to help children maintain close relationships, especially where they have voiced that this is important to them.

❤ Campaign for change so that there isn’t a small amount of siblings staying together but near to almost all. We have to keep siblings together so that lasting relationships are key to allowing Care Experience to be a positive experience not just for a few but for all. I pledge to stand for all siblings within the currently damaged system in Scotland

❤ I pledge to ensure this website continues to be a place for young people to get helpful information about sibling contact and for professionals to share best practice and resources.

❤ I pledge to actively support and promote the value of sibling relationships and how important that is to the children in our care. Brothers and sisters are a lifelong support to each other.

❤ Stand up for siblings and ensure where possible siblings are kept together

❤ I pledge to help children & young people understand their rights to sibling contact, and to be able to ask for it at Children's Hearings. To try and influence decision makers & Social Workers to ensure that sibling separation only takes place where absolutely necessary, and if so, that regular & meaningful contact takes place without fail.

❤ I pledge to organise a team development day to allow the team to consider the impact of siblings being placed together, separately and their contact arrangements.

❤ I pledge to do everything I can to make this a better place for siblings.

❤ I pledge to keep on helping make Care experience people's lives #Change for the better and I am Care experienced

I pledge to LISTEN
I pledge to LOVE
I pledge to RESPECT
All Care Experianced People 🙂

Siblings should be kept together

Bonds between siblings get lost in a big world that no one can find .

❤ I pledge to raise awareness of policy and legislative changes which if introduced would help ensure that the sibling relationships of looked after children are properly supported and promoted.

❤ I pledge to educate, campaign and be the voice of care experienced young people and the importance of their sibling relationships and keeping them together.

❤ I pledge to always ensure that the children in my care are heard and supported to have safe ongoing sibling relationships.

❤ I pledge to as a student social worker, I will endeavour to remember the importance of sibling relationships in my current and future practice.

❤ I pledge to do whatever I can to advocate collectively for care experienced young people and highlight the importance of positive sibling relationships!

❤ I pledge to support Stand Up For Siblings so that we can better respond to the needs of brothers and sisters involved in the Children’s Hearings System.

❤ I pledge to support the Children's Hearings Scotland community to protect the rights and promote the wellbeing of siblings.

❤ I pledge to do whatever I can in Hearings to promote positive sibling contact. In this respect Siblings Reunited (STAR) is an organisation that can assist.

❤ I pledge to Stand Up for Siblings because a sibling is the first best friend a person will ever have. In the absence of stability and in the presence of chaos, you need your best friend by your side. <3

❤ We pledge that we will work hard to support siblings to stay together wherever possible. If this is not possible then we will encourage carers and staff to have sibling relationships as their key focus.
We will always aim to create a culture where sibling relationships are encouraged in a meaningful, long term and ongoing way.

❤️ I pledge to continue to support care experienced young people and promote the value and importance of sibling relationships ?

❤ I pledge to always ensure that the children that attend children hearings are heard and supported to have safe ongoing sibling relationships.

❤ I pledge to ensure that I do all I can to keep siblings together. Where this is not possible I pledge to consider sibling contact in all my decisions. The pain of being removed into care is traumatic enough. We should not make it worse by isolating children when they feel most vulnerable.

❤ I pledge to consider siblings in all the work that Edinburgh Connect does with Looked After and Accommodated Children.

❤ I pledge to ensure that all children and young people within the Children's Hearings System are heard.

❤ I pledge to help children & young people understand their rights to sibling contact at every hearing I attend.

❤ I pledge to help professionals working with children and their families to better understand how to use the law and good practice to facilitate appropriate sibling contact.

❤ I pledge to take account of children and young peoples needs to maintain sibling contact when making decisions on their best needs.

❤ I pledge to always consider relationships with siblings and supporting children in having their voice heard in hearings about contact with brothers and sisters. Where possible I will seek to encourage those involved in a child’s care to overcome barriers to help facilitate healthy sibling relationships.

❤ I pledge to ensure that importance of the bond between siblings is always considered a priority.

❤ I pledge to support staff and carers to offer as many sibling placements as possible. Where we can’t offer a placement where siblings can stay together, we commit to promoting and supporting contact between siblings.

❤ I pledge to amplify the voice of care experienced people, defend the human rights of care experienced people and influence policy, legislation and decision makers to effect transformational structural change in the care system so that brothers and sisters are only ever separated when that's what's in their best interests.

❤ I pledge to Stand up for siblings..... listen to children and young people and put their views at the centre of our decision making

❤ I pledge to do as much as I can to support siblings to maintain contact where it is safe to do so. I will advocate for any child/young person to support their voice and wishes to be fully heard.

❤ I pledge to stand up for siblings by ensuring that I always put the children at the centre of every decision I make. I will also ensure I listen and do all I can to make their voices heard!

❤ I pledge to ensure that the importance of the bond between siblings is always considered as a priority.

❤ I pledge to ensure siblings in care have their rights upheld and that they have the opportunity to build long lasting positive relationships with each other.

❤ I pledge to support the Panel Members in Glasgow , encouraging them to listen to the voices of Scotland's children and their efforts to protect the rights of siblings at Hearings.

❤l pledge to do all that I can to recruit foster carers and adopters who are able to look after brothers and sisters together and to ensure Barnardo's staff, carers and adoptive parents understand the vital importance of sibling relationships

❤ Do our very best to ensure that brothers and sisters who live with different foster carers have a voice and are supported to maintain positive relationships with their siblings.

❤ As an Adoption Task Force, and in all our permanence work across the sector, we pledge to keep a child’s rights to family life at the centre and to give particular attention to practicing and promoting the right to maintain safe relationships with brothers and sisters.

❤ To commit everyday efforts to promote the needs of children & young people in relation to their birth family life, loves and outcomes.

❤ We see if we can do the life story work for the kids in our service rather than waiting.

❤ Our pledge as foster carers is to support our children’s individual needs and views as they grow, and to facilitate safe and appropriate contact with their sibling

❤ Let’s not judge siblings, we often want to protect children by making judgements. Don’t judge but allow contact and support.

❤ We pledge to encourage and maintain sibling contact where it is safe to do so. We pledge to keep sibling memories and experiences (photos/letters) to help with family life stories. We pledge to listen to and understand children’s sibling(s) loss.

❤ listen to children and young people at every opportunity, and to represent their views and wishes as best I can. I also pledge to raise sibling contact when talking to panel members, social workers, reporters and others involved in making decisions about children's lives.

❤ Listen wholeheartedly to the courageous voices of care experienced people about their experiences of sibling relationships and contact. I will promote the rights and needs of all siblings and apply all principles to my studies. I am truly honoured to be able to make this Pledge. Let's aim to do the best we can for siblings

❤ Support children in vulnerable, dangerous and difficult situations. Children should be entitled to stay with their brother and sisters, especially during traumatic situations.

❤ To where possible continue my work as Lead facilitator with S.T.A.R and providing training and support for S.T.A.R, their volunteers and other relevant organisations and my employment with Barnardo’s intensive support working with children and families affected by parental substance misuse.

❤ I pledge to be mindful of the importance of sibling relationships in the training I deliver.

❤ I pledge to ask about siblings in legal enquires I receive from our members.

❤ I pledge to raise awareness of the issues surrounding siblings.

❤ I pledge to continue to share insights about the impact our policy and practice of our cultural views that you can only have one mother and one father and how those views affect relationships between siblings separated in various ways.

❤ I pledge to continue championing sibling relationships throughout my work.

❤ I pledge to raise awareness of this important issue. Internally within our organisation and externally.

❤ I pledge to include siblings in the family law curriculum!

❤ I pledge to ensure young care experienced young people have a voice!

❤ I pledge to ensure taking siblings seriously is an overarching principle on all decision making for Looked after Children.

❤ I pledge to consider the best interests of the 'Children' not 'Child' when working with families.

❤ I pledge to promote the importance of sibling relationships and contact among my students and colleagues.

❤ I pledge to commit to this important issue in my practice and nurture sibling relationships wherever possible.

❤ I pledge to use my own personal experience to train the relevant people (the people that make these decisions) so that it hopefully doesn't happen to others.

❤ I pledge to promote opportunities for sibling relationships to be maintained with children who have been adopted.

❤ I pledge to look for opportunities in personal capacity, practice, research and delivery of training to promote sibling relationships. ACTION - working with strong sibling relationships rather than separation requires all to LISTEN to children.

❤ I pledge to educate adopters that children are not tabula rasa and that their family relationships should be promoted and maintained, rather than children either being silenced or left to pick up the pieces of estranged sibling relationships on their own.

❤ I pledge to support Stand Up For Siblings and promote its findings and resources to the Children's Hearings Scotland community.

❤ I pledge to support siblings in all areas and support organisations who are in involved in this worthwhile endeavour

❤ I pledge to support STAR by volunteering with the sibling groups.

❤ I pledge to consider and address sibling contact in Children Hearings where this is appropriate.

❤ I pledge to remember siblings at panels

❤ I pledge to get child's views of contact with siblings and enable when possible and appropriate.

❤ I pledge to keep the conversation going.
Be an agent of change.
Share the word.

❤ I pledge to promote sibling contact between siblings in East Ayrshire that are in kinship/foster placements.

❤ I pledge to promote sibling contact and take learning from today in to EAC sibling contact day (siblings together).

❤ I pledge to commit to ensuring that separated children, who are part of a sibling group, have regular ongoing contact to maintain relationship.

❤ I pledge to
- Take back all issues highlighted [at the conference] today to colleagues in Aberdeen
- Change the way I chair LAC reviews to reflect the need for sibling contact to be more privileged than currently
- Put forward idea of sibling champion with our service

❤ I pledge to continue to promote contact and be creative with this, as well as continuously reviewing, assessing, and making changes to best meet the children's needs!

❤ I pledge to all was ensure i ask about sibling contact at children's hearing in the best interests of children and young people.

❤ I pledge to continue to promote good practice and development of sibling contact. Make myself available to attend and promote learning amongst colleagues through future forums.

❤ I pledge to in my role as Reporter at hearings is to ask Panel Members to consider sibling contact in the event that they don't bring it up on their own volition.

❤ I pledge to make my assessments robust and exploring sibling relationship contacts.

❤ I pledge to keep my siblings together, stand up for each other, keep my siblings safe, encourage and build each other up.

❤ I pledge to ask more questions about family bonds, who is important to the child and young person. Support contact with Brother and Sisters.

❤ I pledge to promote sibling contact in Aberdeen and surrounding areas.

❤ I pledge to raise awareness (of Teachers) within schools and address stigma experienced by children in care, including highlighting the importance of sibling contact and relationships.

❤ I pledge to have more sibling focussed supervision.

❤ I pledge to promote sibling contact in preparation to foster training and sibling placements.

❤ I pledge to raise awareness of the importance of sibling contact and stand up for siblings across Argyll and Bute.

❤ I pledge to consider sibling contact at hearings and ask more questions regarding siblings.

❤ I pledge to contemplate more in-depth how important sibling contact is relevant to every individual child who is experiencing separation.

❤ I pledge to bring more awareness to clients, Panel and Sheriffs about the importance of sibling contact.

❤ Make sure we discuss brothers and sisters relationships in our consultations.

❤ I pledge to ensure that our work continues to highlight the importance of maintaining sibling contact and being as creative as possible to facilitate meaningful contact for all siblings.

❤ I want siblings knowing they have choices and to be heard .
Sisters should never be separated. EVER

❤ To get my two kids back together xxxxxx