Our Hearings, Our Voice

12/06/2026

Project Lead Gordon Main talks about why he enjoys working with our wonderful young people so much. We're always looking to welcome more children and young people to our group so if you know someone aged 8-21 who would like to be part of our incredible group of young people, drop us an email:

[email protected]

09/06/2026

Do you know a child or young person aged 8-21 who'd like to use their voice to help improve the Children's Hearings System? OHOV are recruiting for new board members. Be part of the change!

Find out more:
📧email - [email protected]
📱text - 07786358777
💻visit our website - https://lnkd.in/eQMUVuux

08/06/2026

We're currently recruiting for new faces to join our friendly board of young people

We've learned that most children who join OHOV do so through word of mouth from an adult they trust, work with or who takes care of them- like a social worker, teacher, carer, family member, youth worker, or anyone else in their life. We are looking for your help to share this opportunity directly with children and young people or with other adults in your network who can do so.

https://www.ohov.co.uk/recruitment/register-your-interest/

05/06/2026

Board member Ciara skilfully and passionately shared key messages from the OHOV guide with the Children's Hearings Improvement Partnership yesterday. The six themes of relationships, support, language, children's potential, children's information, and participation were shared through voice clips, videos, artwork, and even a 'Game of Life' to help bring the voices and asks of children across Scotland to life. We were encouraged by the commitment of the multi-agency audience to apply messages from the guide to improving children's experiences of the hearings system in Fife.

Link to the OHOV guide: https://www.ohov.co.uk/guide/

01/06/2026

At yesterday's meeting OHOV board members considered the rights and entitlements care experienced young people should know about in relation to housing, education, employment, finance, wellbeing, leaving care, and more. We discussed what support is out there and how young people are made aware of their rights. Looking forward to progressing this work further as it's an area that our board members have been interested in for a while.

29/05/2026

Our Hearings, Our Voice and the Glasgow Promise Keepers group, Health and Social Care Partnership, had a great conversation this week based around Scottish children's views on relationships, language and participation. Great to hear such passion and commitment to ensuring all Glasgow children thrive. You can interact with the young people's work here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ex36cNty
Our Hearings, Our Voice and the Glasgow Promise Keepers group, Health and Social Care Partnership, had a great conversation this week based around Scottish children's views on relationships, language and participation. Great to hear such passion and commitment to ensuring all Glasgow children thrive. You can interact with the young people's work here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ex36cNty

27/04/2026

OHOV speaking at the Transformative Leadership for Social Justice conference by University of Strathclyde Institute of Education. We are grateful for the opportunity to share our passion for supporting care experienced children in education settings. Thank you for having us along!

30/03/2026

OHOV board members and the Children's Hearings Scotland Experts by Experience had a fantastic teambuilding residential in beautiful Lochgoilhead this weekend. Along with abseiling, boating, archery, and high ropes, we did work around panel member pre-service training and exploring the use of digital tools in the children's Hearings system.

It was a joy to spend time with this amazing group of young people and always inspiring to see the way they support and look out for each other. Looking forward to future joint projects with the young people from CHS ❤️

26/03/2026

Such a fitting end to parliament yesterday- the outgoing Presiding Officer, Alison Johnstone, reminding us all that "parliament belongs to the people of Scotland and all must be heard". Last week was a tribute to hearing from and acting upon the least heard voices across Scotland, with both the passing of the new Children.... (Scotland) Act and Calum's law. You can read more about the Act here ❤️

Young people from OHOV observed MSPs in the chamber at the Scottish Parliament on 18th and 19th March. They were considering whether to make the Children

19/03/2026

Young people from OHOV observed MSPs in the chamber at the Scottish Parliament on 18th and 19th March. They were considering whether to make the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill an Act i.e. the law.

OHOV has been campaigning for and supporting reforms to services, entitlements, and support for children with care and hearings experience for nearly ten years. Natalie Don-Innes, Minister for Children, Young People and the Promise attested to these efforts in tonight’s parliamentary vote:

“I want to recognise the amazing work of the young people involved in Our Hearings Our Voice. Your work has been instrumental in transforming the hearing system and you should be so proud of the contribution that you have made to this piece of legislation.”

We are absolutely delighted that this act passed today and that we were privileged to witness this piece of history.