Preparation for the Pilot
Survivors and other stakeholders were consulted before the Pilot Forum was set up and work was undertaken to look at various options.
Options Appraisal for Pilot Forum
In addition to the consultation, we have drawn on the experience of Inquiries and Forums in Australia, Canada, Wales and Ireland, and on the Scottish Inquiries into Kerelaw School (2009), Child Abuse at Care Homes in Fife (2002) and Abuse and Protection of Children in Care in Edinburgh (1999).
Consultation with Survivors 2009
We know from survivors that it can be very difficult for them to make their voices heard. We wanted to make sure that as many survivors as possible could give us their views on the issues raised in the consultation paper.
Choice of Quarriers for Pilot Forum: options appraisal
It was proposed to take up to 100 witnesses who had been in the care of Quarriers for at least 5 days up to 2000; giving priority to older people and those who are seriously ill.
Consultation Results 2009
Consultation on the proposal to develop an Acknowledgement and Accountability approach for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Retraumatisation BPS Advice
“Re-traumatisation” can take different meanings for different groups of traumatised populations. For CSA survivors, re-traumatisation may indicate a significant increase in the frequency of posttraumatic stress reactions to the original trauma. There is some limited previous evidence suggesting that re-traumatisation is likely to occur in situations that involve testimony of past traumatic events...
Time to be Heard Information Pack
Information pack for survivors who spent time in Quarriers Homes as a child, including information about Time to be Heard and how to take part. The pack also included information for survivors of abuse from any Scottish institution or placement in Scotland.
