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It is now 5 years since OHOV published their 40 Calls to Action for change and improvements within the Children’s Hearings System. SCRA has written every year since to the young board members to...

A celebration of the work and achievements of Hearings experienced children and young people took place in Glasgow on 22nd October 2025. The event marks 10 years since plans got underway to develop...

Three Board Members from Our Hearings, Our Voice visited the Scottish Parliament this week. They were joined by four other young people from Experts by Experience group from Children’s Hearings...

OHOV members have been travelling across Scotland and to lots of different settings, speaking to groups of children and young people about what they need from the adults who support them. The...

Our Hearings, Our Voice (OHOV) members and many others have been working on changes to the law to redesign the Children’s Hearings System.  A new Bill was introduced to Parliament on 17 June 2025,...

We have some exciting news to share! Articulate Animation won a Gold Award at the Scottish Design Awards. Articulate Animation was co-written, designed and voiced by some of our young Board Members...

We’re excited to share that Issue 5 of VOICE magazine is currently being posted out to 33 Children's Hearings Centres across Scotland! This latest edition is packed with engaging content designed to...

Some of the young people at Our Hearings, Our Voice were recently asked what they thought about artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential use in the Children’s Hearings System. It is a bit of a...

Andrew is a board member of Our Hearings, Our Voice; a group of young people who use their lived experience to push for change in the Children’s Hearings System. Part of this mission includes...

The voices of Hearings-experienced young people are at the heart of new research looking at the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. Andrew, Ciara and Zodie, all OHOV Board Members worked on the...

The Scottish Government has just finished their formal public consultation on the legislative change needed to redesign the Children’s Hearings System. Our Hearings, Our Voice (OHOV) believes it is...

The young people at Our Hearings, Our Voice have had a busy few months. Here’s a round up of some of the great projects we’ve been involved in… Presentation to 4th Year Education Students at...

It’s here – the fourth edition of the Our Hearings, Our Voice magazine for children and young people!!! Hundreds of copies of VOICE magazine have just been distributed to a Hearings centre near you!...

In May we launched the Articulate Animation, co-written, designed and voiced by some of Our Hearings, Our Voice’s Board Members. The short film – made by Braw Talent – brings to life the importance...

We are excited to share with you our new podcast which is part of our ongoing recruitment campaign to encourage more children and young people to get involved with OHOV. In this 10-minute podcast we...

If you are interested in becoming an Our Hearings, Our Voice board member, then check out this article by Remi! A current board member, she has written about the recent OHOV weekend away to...

We’re halfway through 2024 and what a year it’s shaping up to be! OHOV has been part of so many great projects so far, and there’s much more to come. In particular, this year has seen many of our...

OHOV Board Member Andrew is passionate about making the Hearings System better for children and young people. In a new blog, he shines the spotlight on the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act...

Significant steps are being made to improve how children experience language in the Children’s Hearings System. A new update on the multi-agency work of Language Leaders, with full involvement of...

We are excited to launch our new Articulate Animation today! The cartoon animation has been co-written, designed and voiced by some of our Board Members. The short film – made by Braw Talent -...

Board members Dylan and Andrew were invited by Children’s Hearings Scotland to deliver a presentation to 84 panel members at a training day at Forth Valley College, Falkirk.  Reflecting on their own...

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...