Your trust builds a solid foundation for children to grow.
We recruit, train and support volunteer Panel Members who make legal decisions with and for children and young people in children’s hearings. You may have heard of us being referred to as the Children’s Panel too.
CHS welcomes the launch of the Scottish Government’s Children’s Hearings Redesign consultation on the recommendations of the Hearings for Children report. Through our response we aim to continue to shape improvements in the hearings system.
CHS welcomes the Scottish Government’s announcement that people under the age of 18 will no longer be held in Young Offenders Institutions from the week beginning 2 September 2024.
Children and young people under the age of 18 in Scotland now have their rights enshrined in law. CHS welcomes the incorporation of the UNCRC into Scottish law.