Search results
Refine by type
Showing 166 results for
''
Communications Campaign - Ferries
A THREE month awareness campaign encouraging people to engage with the Inquiry is underway on CalMac Ferries servicing the west coast of Scotland and the Western Isles. Digital panels will be illuminated displaying the contact details for Inquiry, invitin...
Continuation of Phase 1 Hearings
On Tuesday 31 October the Inquiry will resume hearing evidence relating to Phase 1 of its investigations. This part of Phase 1 is expected to run until Friday 3 November. During this phase, the Inquiry will hear from two witnesses who worked in local auth...
Phase 2 hearings - The Sisters of Nazareth
This announcement provides information about Phase 2 of the Inquiry’s public hearings. Beginning on Tuesday 28 November 2017, Phase 2 will investigate residential child care establishments run by organisations within the Roman Catholic Church starting wit...
Communications Campaign
A widespread campaign to raise awareness of the Inquiry’s work and to encourage witnesses to come forward has been rolled out across the UK. Since the beginning of the year a variety of different adverts have been strategically placed to help ensure all a...
Clarification on "Leave To Appear"
It has come to our attention that there may be some misunderstanding about when an application for “leave to appear” is required. What’s involved in having “leave to appear” is explained here on the Inquiry’s website. Individuals do not need “leave to a...
Resumption of Phase 1 Inquiry hearings and commencement of Phase 2 hearings
This notice provides information about the continuation of Phase 1 of the Inquiry’s hearings and about the commencement of Phase 2 of the Inquiry’s hearings. There is also information about applying for “leave to appear” for the first case study in the Ph...
Appointment of new Chair
The Rt Hon Lady Smith has today been appointed by Scottish Ministers as Chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. Lady Smith, a senior Scottish judge, will take up her role from 1 August 2016. Further information on the appointment of Lady Smith can be ...
Terms of reference
The overall aim and purpose of this Inquiry is to raise public awareness of the abuse of children in care, particularly during the period covered by the Inquiry. It will provide an opportunity for public acknowledgement of the suffering of those children ...
Spring-Summer 2017 Newsletter
The Inquiry has published its Spring/Summer 2017 newsletter. It can be downloaded from the link at the bottom of this page. In the newsletter you can find out about the work of the Inquiry so far, including an update on the first phase of hearings. There ...
First day of public hearings
The Inquiry's first day of public hearings took place today, 31 May 2017. Opening statements were heard from a number of organisations and groups. Transcripts of the hearings will be uploaded to a new page on the Inquiry website, Transcripts, as soon as p...