When the North Strathclyde Bairns’ Hoose opened its doors in August 2023, it represented the culmination of more than two years of planning, negotiation, and relationship-building between partners who had never worked together in this…
At the heart of every evaluation report, every policy document, and every partnership meeting sits a deceptively simple question: what is this like for the child? Our evaluation work across North Strathclyde and the Sycamore…
In May 2023, Scotland published its national Bairns’ Hoose Standards — eleven standards adapted from the European PROMISE Barnahus Quality Standards, developed with Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Care Inspectorate, and shaped by the voices…
The phrase “under one roof” has become shorthand for what Bairns’ Hoose offers. It’s a compelling image — police, social work, health, justice, and recovery services all in one place, so children don’t have to…
When we talk about Bairns’ Hoose, the conversation often centres on the building — the child-friendly space, the interview rooms, the court suite. But what our evaluation is increasingly telling us is that the building…
Over the past three years, our evaluation of Scotland’s first Bairns’ Hoose in North Strathclyde has tracked the journey from a shared vision to a working model — from the pre-opening period, through the early…