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Our board of young people at Our Hearings, Our Voice are committed to driving improvements in the Children’s Hearings System and one of the ways in which we approach this is by influencing key...

Our Hearings, Our Voice (OHOV) was delighted to attend the launch of an ‘Understanding my Hearing' initiative in Stornoway yesterday.  The Keeping The Promise pilot includes children age 6 and over,...

OHOV have had a busy start to 2024, getting involved in a range of interesting and important improvement projects. Here is a summary of what we’ve been up to and what we’re looking forward to in the...

The Language Leaders are a group of young people with lived experience of the Children’s Hearings System, along with professionals with lived and learned experience from CHS, SCRA, social work,...

OHOV Board Members Achilles and Ciara were recently at a Keeping The Promise event at Glasgow Clyde College delivering a workshop on changing the language of care and children’s Hearings. Before...

A Taking Control of my Hearing pilot scrapbook – the brainchild of two OHOV board members - is already making a difference to children and young people in Fife. Launched last month, the scrapbook is...

Our Hearings, Our Voice Board Member, Andrew James talks exclusively to Louise Hunter, Chief Executive of Who Cares? Scotland (WC?S).  Andrew is a member of OHOV and WC?S and chose to interview...

It’s finally here – the third issue of the Our Hearings, Our Voice magazine for children and young people. Hundreds of copies of VOICE magazine have been distributed to Hearing centres across the...

Two OHOV Board Members are helping children and young people take control of their Hearing. Achilles and Ciara came up with the idea of a scrapbook which will help children and young people through...

Our Hearings, Our Voice was proud to take part in the Love Rally yesterday. Board Members and the OHOV team marched from Glasgow Green to George Square to show their support to Who Cares? Scotland’s...

To mark Care Experienced Week, Our Hearings, Our Voice Board Member Achilles (Dame Marsha Ducky) has written a beautiful poem called What I Need which they would love to share with other young...

Here’s a quick summary of just a few of the exciting projects the Our Hearings, Our Voice (OHOV) gang have been involved in lately… Solicitors guide Board Members Ben and Ange have been working with...

Our Hearings, Our Voice Board Members helped launch the Language Leaders principles yesterday. OHOV Board Members have played a key role in this exciting piece of work which aims to make sure that...

It's been a busy few months here at OHOV. Here’s a quick summary of just a few of the exciting project the gang have been involved in lately… Guide for solicitorsBoard Members Ben and Ange have been...

The Children’s Hearings Centre in Glasgow has had two creative new additions!  Board members Ciara and Achilles from Our Hearings, Our Voice (OHOV) created two window displays based around work...

Young Board Members from Our Hearings, Our Voice (OHOV) met with Board Members from Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) and Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) on Saturday.  They spent...

Across the last 19 months, OHOV board members have been working alongside the Hearings System Working Group (HSWG) - Sheriff David Mackie, The Promise Scotland, the Scottish Children’s Reporter...

Young people from Our Hearings, Our Voice enjoyed taking centre stage at yesterday’s launch of the Hearings System Working Group’s ‘Hearings for Children: the Redesign Report’.  The report contains...

Our Hearings, Our Voice took part in an event for Hearings-experienced young people in Falkirk recently. The free event at the Dawson Community Centre on Friday 28 April was open to children and...

It is here!!! Our second edition of VOICE magazine has arrived at a Hearings centre near you! This latest edition is packed full of helpful information, as well as lots of fun stuff including a...

If you are a regular visitor to the OHOV website, you will know we are working on an exciting project to radically improve language in the Children’s Hearings System. Previously called the Word...

At Our Hearings, Our Voice (OHOV) we have always tried to follow Laura Lundy’s model of participation[i]. We provide safe, inclusive space for children to express their views as well as options,...

Board Members from Our Hearings, Our Voice star in a new podcast produced by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration. The young people talk about why Keeping The Promise is important to...

Our Hearings, Our Voice have continued to be involved in the research being carried out by Catherine Nixon at the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration into the impact of Virtual Hearings on...

At OHOV, we’ve had a wee break and been able to reflect on all that our young, hearings experienced board members achieved in 2022. Here are just a few of the highlights of the ways in which they...

We’re delighted to announce the winner of our VOICE magazine Christmas card competition! Kaitlyn (aged 9) sent in this beautiful reindeer design which was voted the winner by the young people on the...

For some time now, young people involved in children’s hearings, including those from Our Hearings, Our Voice (OHOV) and the Voice Inclusion Project (VIP) have been unhappy about the language they...

At the end of November three of our board members and a young person from the Voice Inclusion Project (VIP) lent their time and talents to a co-production event facilitated by Children’s Hearings...

Joining an established group such as OHOV can be a daunting experience for any young person. Navigating the group norms, dynamics, and unique way of working can take time, and until a new member has...

At our board meeting in October, our young board members were joined by some key individuals in the current reform of the children’s hearings system. This included leads of each of the collaborative...

Do you fancy getting creative? Then why not enter our Christmas card competition? This is our very first Our Hearings, Our Voice Christmas card competition!  Who can enter? The competition is open...

We’re delighted to introduce ‘VOICE’ our new magazine written for young people, by young people. In our first issue you can read our top tips for attending a Children’s Hearing, as well as some of...

Our Hearings, Our Voice have just responded as a group and through individual conversations with our hearings–experienced board members to this Bill. Eight young people chose to take part. Scottish...

We are holding our 19th Our Hearings, Our Voice (OHOV) board meeting this weekend and this one feels special for a few reasons- friendship, support and the chance to create real change in the...

We were excited to welcome a new member of the team last month. Amy Miskimmin-Logan is our new Participation Development Worker.  It is Amy’s third week and she has been getting to know board...

Our 18th and latest board meeting was jam packed with lots of activities and another visit from Sheriff David Mackie. The sun was shining for our event in Glasgow on Saturday 26 March. It was a...

This Saturday OHOV will be holding its 18th board meeting and the focus is on redesign of the hearings system. We will be joined again by Sheriff David Mackie, who chairs the Hearings System Working...

What an exciting week this is! For three years now, Our Hearings, Our Voice has been supercharged by the commitment, lived experience, altruism and brain power of the same hearings-experienced board...

OHOV have had a busy start to 2022 and there is so much ahead. Since the turn of the year we have been involved in:  sharing the voices of our board members at a webinar on advocacy Feedback on OHOV...