Scottish children's services coalition

Welcome to the Scottish Children’s Services Coalition

Committed to improving the lives of vulnerable children and young people in Scotland
The Scottish Children’s Services Coalition (SCSC) is an alliance of leading providers of specialist care and education to vulnerable children and young people, as well as support to their families or carers.

This includes those with additional support needs, mental health problems and care experience.

We are committed to improving the lives of vulnerable children and young people, and our vision is to make Scotland the best place in the world for them to grow up in.

As a coalition we aim to achieve this through campaigning to improve support for these vulnerable individuals, influencing the government, politicians, the NHS and local authorities to deliver this. 

Through this activity we are seeking to ensure that a wide range of high-quality, well-resourced and easily accessible services is provided to vulnerable children and young people. Tailored to individual needs this will help them to achieve their full potential.

Every child and young person has an equal right to play their part in Scotland's future, and we want to ensure that they have an equal opportunity to do so.
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Our Latest News

June 24, 2025
Scotland must keeps its Promise to children in care
Writing in TES magazine on behalf of the SCSC, Kenny Graham highlights that forthcoming Scottish Government legislation paves the way to a statutory right to advocacy for care-experienced children and young people.
June 3, 2025
Latest figures highlight 164 children waiting more than a year for mental health treatment
Latest figures highlighting that 164 children and young people have been waiting over a year for mental health treatment indicate that we still need parity of action and spending with physical health.
May 8, 2025
Time for action on independent advocacy
In this letter to the media, the Scottish Children's Services Coalition (SCSC) advocates for the incorporation of a statutory right to independent advocacy into the Scottish Government's Promise Bill.
April 12, 2025
Call for greater support as the number of pupils with mental health problems increases by 580% over the past decade
As a coalition, we call for greater support as figures highlight that the number of pupils with mental health problems has increased by 580% over the past decade.
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Our Members

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