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Jayde O’Connor has recently been awarded Alumini of the year 2022 at Glasgow Caledonian University this is the highest award a university can bestow on its graduates. This award is for all her contributions towards advocating for Care Experienced people. From participation in multiple advisory groups, speaking in parliament to change laws, to her research Jayde has always been passionate about the voices of Care Experienced people being heard. She continues to be a great support and advocate to Care Experienced young people in her roles today as a senior residential childcare worker at spark of genius and as a housing support officer at CATCH Scotland.

She really deserves the award and we are soo proud of her!!

From Kareen and Lauren

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The person I would like to nominate is Jeanette Miller. I have known her for years and to say that she is a light of sunshine is an understatement. She does so much to help the care community and always has done. She is always looking to help where she can and is such a lovely girl. She has also overcome so much adversity to get where she is today. She is now smashing through university and setting a new standard for people like her showing that she can do anything and I know that she defiantly deserves some recognition for how hard she is working. I really admire Jeanette for how strong and resilient she is and how far she has come. I just know she will do so many amazing things in the future and I can happily say that she is a strong, charismatic individual who gives so much of her time to the care community with such a positive attitude. To be around her is to be happy and I think that getting this opportunity would do so much for her confidence. The amount of her free time that she uses just to help the care community is amazing. She is amazing.

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I would like to nominate Harley Cheetham from Dunoon as a care experienced young person who deserves to be celebrated.

Harley lives in a foster placement along with two other young people from different families.  They are all in a long term placement.

The foster carers also offer respite care to a disabled boy, Ian, who often stays with them for weekends or longer if necessary.  Harley has established a loving relationship with Ian and spends time involving Ian in activities such as baking etc and is very patient with him and encourages him to help out.  It is lovely to see the bond between them both.

Harley, off his own back, wrote to the Make a Wish charity and asked if they could make Ian's dream of going to Thomas the Tank land a reality.  They responded with an invitation for Ian, Harley and the family to go together for a weekend.  This visit was all recorded with lots of photographs which were made into a book for Ian with sentences below each picture.  Ian loves to show everyone the book and talk about the trip.  It is something he will never forget.

This is a true act of kindness from a boy who has himself started life with lots of trauma and yet he puts others first and for that reason I think he should be celebrated.

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I wanted to nominate Aimee Thorpe, Aimee worked at Children in Scotland across 2022 as part of the project team on our evaluation of the Home and Belonging Initiative. Aimee led on developing participation resources, delivering participation sessions with funded projects and worked on analysis the evidence we gathered. Aimee brought her experiences to the role and shaped our findings and recommendations by identifying what mattered for young people with experience of care.

Aimee was a great member of the team and contributed to other areas of work across her time with us. She is also currently continuing to be involved working with us to develop an animation about the Home and Belonging evaluation. She is helping to ensure this is sensitive and tells a positive story. Aimee has been a pleasure to work with and her commitment to improving the lives of care experienced people is so clear.

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Chloe was one of the most respectful and kind individuals I ever met she would work tirelessly to make sure WCS was running smoothly at the front desk as well as checking on her colleagues and peers to make sure they were ok and if they needed any help. Chloe provided me with some of the best workplace banter and teamwork I have ever had and I’m honestly happy to nominate her. She deserves all the best in the world as she was not just a great colleague to me but a friend and real Care Experienced warrior. I hope whatever she is doing now she is happy and successful in her future endeavours and more people should be like Chloe.

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I would like to nominate Megan Moffat as someone who is an inspiration and I believe she should be celebrated for Care Day. She has supported in her role as a support worker but also my biggest advocate in all my personal achievements.

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Laura has been known for years as ‘Kiltwalk Laura’ which encompasses her community engagement work and fundraising activity very well from the beginning of this particular event in 2016, Laura has been to every single walk and even brings her daughter Ruby along too!

Over the years, Laura has often been the sole member of the fundraising team and in that time has secured several corporate partnerships and HUGE donations from a range of supporters. Laura champions Care Experience in a unique and powerful way that is relatable to many of us and empowers others to do the same.

Laura has also been a great friend to me, from the start of my employment at Who Cares? last year, I have had personal issues and every single time, Laura has been there to shepherd me in the right direction and provided opportunities for me that has changed my life and viewpoint. She changes lives daily and shares this characteristic with our members, supporters, and donors.

Laura transforms lives, attitudes and our own organisational activity.  A lot of our work is powered by the behind the scenes work that she does, and I believe we should appreciate and recognise the massive amount of work and dedication that goes into the things we do.

She is a true champion for Care Experienced people, and I am very grateful to know and work alongside someone as passionate and fabulous as Laura.

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I'd like to nominate Lisa Moore, for her continuous hard work and just being an amazing human being. She's come so far, and it was an absolute pleasure and delight working with her through Digital Wellbeing. She is bubbly and lovely, and very inspiring.