The Work

What we’ve made, said, and done. Reports, blogs, tools, and the occasional thing that made people uncomfortable in exactly the right way.

Care experience is not a single category with a single meaning. This resource covers what it means in Scotland, how the legal definitions work in practice, why language matters, and what respectful rights-based work actually requires. Includes a workshop pack.
Everyone talks about co-design. Nobody had built a comprehensive free resource that explains how to actually do it. Four pages. 50 tools. Free.
Since July 2024, the UNCRC has been Scots law. Public authorities are legally required to act compatibly with children's rights. This guide explains all 42 articles in plain language, what genuine participation requires in practice, and what to do if your rights aren't being upheld.
A summary of everything we already knew, compiled with zero formal consultation and deep, unshakeable confidence in our vibes-based approach. No revelations. No bold new model. Just the bleeding obvious — which, it turns out, is more than enough.
The Promise didn't call for adjustments. It called for change. Not marginal improvements. Not clearer guidance. It called for a system redesigned around love, relationships, and the idea that every child in Scotland deserves to grow up feeling safe, loved, and respected. Thursday's debate matters. But it won't finish the job.
Tired of the loop. Tired of reports that echo each other. Tired of insight being gathered, typed up, formatted beautifully — and quietly forgotten.
Chair of the Board

Neil Macleod

Neil is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and spent the majority of his career in manufacturing/Supply Chain spending the early part in large FMCG multi-national organisations, latterly working in  SME’s in the light industrial sector including the last 17 years with a Malaysian Based Private Equity company.

Neil has been lucky enough to have lived and worked outside Scotland, having spent 10  years in Australia, 2 years in France , 5 years in Malaysia , 3 years in Luxembourg and finally Chicago.

He returned to Scotland in 2017 and is currently a Trustee of Scouts Scotland and Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee’s School of Business.