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Making space for care-experienced leaders
by Susanne Richards Introduction For a long time, I believed that leadership was a natural personality trait: that you were either born a leader or you weren’t. But if you spend any time with care-experienced young people, you quickly realise that their leadership isn’t the problem. Opportunity is. Care-experienced young people navigate systems and processes…
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Leadership
A journey with the National Leadership Network Introduction Over the last few years, through the National Leadership Network (NLN), I have been encouraging people to write blogs, and what a joy that has been. I have loved reading so many thoughtful reflections on leadership. I have learned a great deal and have often felt genuinely…
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Leadership blog
Cheryle O’Brien Leadership is quite a conflicted topic in today’s society. It can mean a variety of different things for different people. I would say leadership from what I have seen is about leading people to fulfill their hopes and dreams. We all have a leadership role to do everyday whether that is in your…
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Big Shoes, New Shoes
By Olivia Khan Dawn and I have worked together at South Ayrshire’s Champions for Change since its inception in 2017. Dawn as the Corporate Parenting Lead and me as a Participation Assistant. In late 2025 she shared with us that she was taking on a new challenge in Moray with the care experienced community there. This is my…
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A Journey of Becoming
by Lee Davidson Leadership, for me, has never been about titles or positions. It’s been a slow, soul-deep becoming, shaped by lived experience, not in spite of it. I’ve walked through spaces that told me my story was too much, too raw, too complicated. I’ve felt the sting of systems that flatten people into data…
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Leadership and Trust
by Zoe Roy When asked to write this blog reflecting on the theme of leadership, I started jotting down a few words about what leadership means to me. I enjoyed thinking about the many ways I have been led by others throughout my life and how those experiences made me feel. One memory that stood…
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Declan’s Leadership Blog
Declan Andrew talks personally about leadership Throughout life you have numerous people above and around you, some can lead, some can manage. Rarely do you get someone that can do both to a high standard. In fact it’s sometimes impossible to do both. Managing is ensuring those below are doing what they are meant to…
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Courage of leadership
By Iain Corbett I spent a large chunk of my life having no love, time or respect for ‘leaders’. I felt it was the actions of ‘leaders’ that meant me and my friends grew up in communities ravaged by poverty. I believed it was the decision of ‘leaders’ that meant that I was no longer…
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Interview with Sean from the National House Project Fife
NLN: Hi Sean, so can you tell us what does leadership means to you? S: Leadership. It’s like teamwork. I mean, like to even to be a leader, you need to be part of a team. You can’t just do it on your own, everyone needs a bit of help in life. You can’t do…
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Leadership Through Finding A Community, Empowering And Supporting Others
Written by Millicent Wenlock. I admit I never really perceived myself as a leader, or perhaps I never thought I’d get to a stage where I would be considered a leader. In recent years, we’ve seen a remarkable shift in how society approaches support for care experienced individuals to improve their social mobility, advocating for…
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