Lesley Sneddon
@lesleysneddon.bsky.social
Comms Manager at CELCIS. All my opinions belong to me.
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Do you have experience in supporting local authorities to change and improve services for children and young people's as they transition into adulthood? Our new Improving Care Experiences Consultant role could be for you: buff.ly/NoWUeal
October 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Do you have experience in supporting local authorities to change and improve services for children and young people's as they transition into adulthood? Our new Improving Care Experiences Consultant role could be for you: buff.ly/NoWUeal
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Book your place: Join our online learning conversation, Change in Residential Child Care in Scotland, speakers from Glasgow City Council, the Care Inspectorate and CELCIS will explore how residential child care is evolving across Scotland: buff.ly/FVGmxid
October 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Book your place: Join our online learning conversation, Change in Residential Child Care in Scotland, speakers from Glasgow City Council, the Care Inspectorate and CELCIS will explore how residential child care is evolving across Scotland: buff.ly/FVGmxid
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🔴 Around 100 assaults a day are taking place in Scotland’s schools and colleges - half of all attacks on public sector staff
www.scotsman.com/education/sh...
www.scotsman.com/education/sh...
'Shocking': 100 assaults a day taking place in Scotland's schools and nurseries
Around 100 assaults a day are taking place in Scotland’s schools and colleges - half of all attacks on public sector staff
www.scotsman.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
🔴 Around 100 assaults a day are taking place in Scotland’s schools and colleges - half of all attacks on public sector staff
www.scotsman.com/education/sh...
www.scotsman.com/education/sh...
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Our online learning conversation, Change in Residential Child Care in Scotland, is a new opportunity for the residential child care workforce in Scotland to share practice and support meaningful change. Find out more: buff.ly/FVGmxid
October 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Our online learning conversation, Change in Residential Child Care in Scotland, is a new opportunity for the residential child care workforce in Scotland to share practice and support meaningful change. Find out more: buff.ly/FVGmxid
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Do you have experience in supporting local authorities to change and improve services for children and young people's as they transition into adulthood? Our new Improving Care Experiences Consultant role could be for you: buff.ly/DkAQTKd
October 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Do you have experience in supporting local authorities to change and improve services for children and young people's as they transition into adulthood? Our new Improving Care Experiences Consultant role could be for you: buff.ly/DkAQTKd
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Who better to speak up about the care system than the people who’ve lived in it?
This poem, written by a 15-year-old care-experienced young person, shares a powerful insight into life within the care system.
Read the full poem: https://loom.ly/VpnpVKY
This poem, written by a 15-year-old care-experienced young person, shares a powerful insight into life within the care system.
Read the full poem: https://loom.ly/VpnpVKY
October 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Who better to speak up about the care system than the people who’ve lived in it?
This poem, written by a 15-year-old care-experienced young person, shares a powerful insight into life within the care system.
Read the full poem: https://loom.ly/VpnpVKY
This poem, written by a 15-year-old care-experienced young person, shares a powerful insight into life within the care system.
Read the full poem: https://loom.ly/VpnpVKY
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The NEW issue of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care highlights the experiences, challenges, and opportunities of those working in residential child care. Read it online now: buff.ly/GOJYnrV #SJRCC
May 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The NEW issue of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care highlights the experiences, challenges, and opportunities of those working in residential child care. Read it online now: buff.ly/GOJYnrV #SJRCC
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In this blog post for Foster Care Fortnight, guest author Amy, an intensive foster carer, discusses why the knowledge and range of skills she has learned over the years matter when building relationships with the children she cares for: buff.ly/MdICpJ8 #FCF25
May 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In this blog post for Foster Care Fortnight, guest author Amy, an intensive foster carer, discusses why the knowledge and range of skills she has learned over the years matter when building relationships with the children she cares for: buff.ly/MdICpJ8 #FCF25
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The recording of our CELCIS Emerging Insights webinar, entitled 'Protecting children and the risk of online sexual abuse: what do we need to know?' which features speakers from Police Scotland, IWF hotline and Lucy Faithfull Foundation is now available: buff.ly/3xTsIwy
May 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The recording of our CELCIS Emerging Insights webinar, entitled 'Protecting children and the risk of online sexual abuse: what do we need to know?' which features speakers from Police Scotland, IWF hotline and Lucy Faithfull Foundation is now available: buff.ly/3xTsIwy
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This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek celebrates community, together for good mental health 🧠
Ensure that despite everything that's going on, you take a break to look after yourself and your mental health ❤️
#ThisIsMyCommunity
Ensure that despite everything that's going on, you take a break to look after yourself and your mental health ❤️
#ThisIsMyCommunity
May 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek celebrates community, together for good mental health 🧠
Ensure that despite everything that's going on, you take a break to look after yourself and your mental health ❤️
#ThisIsMyCommunity
Ensure that despite everything that's going on, you take a break to look after yourself and your mental health ❤️
#ThisIsMyCommunity
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Foster care changes lives - for children and for the families who welcome them in.
It was great to meet foster carers and our partner organisations today, to launch our national campaign to recruit more foster carers. Thank you for all you do.
It was great to meet foster carers and our partner organisations today, to launch our national campaign to recruit more foster carers. Thank you for all you do.
May 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Foster care changes lives - for children and for the families who welcome them in.
It was great to meet foster carers and our partner organisations today, to launch our national campaign to recruit more foster carers. Thank you for all you do.
It was great to meet foster carers and our partner organisations today, to launch our national campaign to recruit more foster carers. Thank you for all you do.
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The Scottish Government has launched a new national campaign to encourage more people to consider fostering to coincide with the start of Foster Care Fortnight: buff.ly/0CHaxYR #FCF25
May 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Scottish Government has launched a new national campaign to encourage more people to consider fostering to coincide with the start of Foster Care Fortnight: buff.ly/0CHaxYR #FCF25
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ICMYI💡: Our National Joint Investigative Interviewing Team's blog post on @celcis.org looks at how the Scottish Child Interview Model is improving experiences for children and young people, and enhancing knowledge and expertise of social workers.
Read more⬇️
www.celcis.org/knowledge-ba...
Read more⬇️
www.celcis.org/knowledge-ba...
How the Scottish Child Interview Model is improving experiences for children and young people :: Celcis
The Scottish Child Interview Model is a new model of practice for interviewing children who are victims or witnesses of crime, abuse, neglect or exploitation and is intended to bring about real improv...
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May 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ICMYI💡: Our National Joint Investigative Interviewing Team's blog post on @celcis.org looks at how the Scottish Child Interview Model is improving experiences for children and young people, and enhancing knowledge and expertise of social workers.
Read more⬇️
www.celcis.org/knowledge-ba...
Read more⬇️
www.celcis.org/knowledge-ba...
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Our Inform briefing ‘Money Matters - Access to Child Trust Funds and Financial Support’ aims to help organisations who support children and young people with information about how to access and manage Child Trust Funds. Read more: buff.ly/47VYdnr
April 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Our Inform briefing ‘Money Matters - Access to Child Trust Funds and Financial Support’ aims to help organisations who support children and young people with information about how to access and manage Child Trust Funds. Read more: buff.ly/47VYdnr
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This Kinship Care Week, we’re sharing our new post for our blog, written by CH, sharing their views on the importance of kinship carers and their role in keeping families together. Read the full post here: www.celcis.org/knowledge-ba...
March 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This Kinship Care Week, we’re sharing our new post for our blog, written by CH, sharing their views on the importance of kinship carers and their role in keeping families together. Read the full post here: www.celcis.org/knowledge-ba...
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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. ❤️
February 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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. ❤️
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For #CareDay25 we are sharing a new blog post written by Beth-Anne, a CELCIS consultant with lived experience, discussing the power of long-lasting relationships and the feeling of safety these bring: https://buff.ly/4379aSz
February 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For #CareDay25 we are sharing a new blog post written by Beth-Anne, a CELCIS consultant with lived experience, discussing the power of long-lasting relationships and the feeling of safety these bring: https://buff.ly/4379aSz
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In this video, members of the RALF group speak about early impact, what has been rewarding and any challenges they have faced in year one of supporting the roll out of reflective practice. https://buff.ly/3ZG1W5P
December 9, 2024 at 4:14 PM
In this video, members of the RALF group speak about early impact, what has been rewarding and any challenges they have faced in year one of supporting the roll out of reflective practice. https://buff.ly/3ZG1W5P
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📢Only one week left to enter our Christmas card competition for the chance to win a £50 voucher! Don't get your tinsel in a tangle, this is a tree-mendous opportunity for a bit of fun with arts and crafts for your school age young people ✏️🎨 Learn more: https://buff.ly/4hAkSKh
November 27, 2024 at 9:52 AM
📢Only one week left to enter our Christmas card competition for the chance to win a £50 voucher! Don't get your tinsel in a tangle, this is a tree-mendous opportunity for a bit of fun with arts and crafts for your school age young people ✏️🎨 Learn more: https://buff.ly/4hAkSKh
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CELCIS is looking for a wonder-yule design for our 2024 Christmas card. It's time for your children and young people to get creative and send us their festive designs for the chance for them to win a £50 voucher: https://buff.ly/4hAkSKh
November 25, 2024 at 2:00 PM
CELCIS is looking for a wonder-yule design for our 2024 Christmas card. It's time for your children and young people to get creative and send us their festive designs for the chance for them to win a £50 voucher: https://buff.ly/4hAkSKh
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The latest issue of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care covers topical issues in residential child care across research, policy and practice, locally, nationally and internationally. Read the new issue online now: https://buff.ly/3CBACwo #SJRCC
November 21, 2024 at 12:20 PM
The latest issue of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care covers topical issues in residential child care across research, policy and practice, locally, nationally and internationally. Read the new issue online now: https://buff.ly/3CBACwo #SJRCC
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🎨 ✏️Doodle, design and paint your way into this year's CELCIS Christmas card competition! 🎅 We're looking for entries from care experienced young people in Scotland and with snow time like the present, send us designs by your children and young people today: https://buff.ly/4hAkSKh
November 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
🎨 ✏️Doodle, design and paint your way into this year's CELCIS Christmas card competition! 🎅 We're looking for entries from care experienced young people in Scotland and with snow time like the present, send us designs by your children and young people today: https://buff.ly/4hAkSKh