If there is one thing to do in National Adoption Week see this film on Nov 6th at Ritzy Cinema in Brixton. Get a group and go. Or go alone. Or with a loved one or friend. The fate of two families Read more [...]
Picture parents hanging outside school gates. Their children are having a quick smoke before class. This is what happens to a child in care. Smoking kills but for them the message is clear some Read more [...]
I’ve been Doctor Lemn Sissay since 2009 awarded from University of Huddersfield by Chancellor Patrick Stewart. The Vice Chancellor Professor Bob Cryan grew up on a council estate which he can see Read more [...]
On February 24th I wrote a blog Abuse in Oaklands Children’s Home?”. In it I recall a memory of thirty years when in Oaklands childrens home a young boy told me he'd been abused. In the blog Read more [...]
Every Ethiopian, Eritrean, American and European who has any interest in race, identity, loss, storytelling, psychology, childhood, religion, nationhood, documentary making, or intercontinental Read more [...]
Left Paddington Station for Bristol at 8am this morning - up at 6am. Said hello to Giles Brandreth in the Taxi rank on his way to see Tom Morris at The Bristol Old Vic. I'm working with Morag Myerscough Read more [...]
Today I introduced children's authors onto stage at Southbankcentre's Imagine Festival for Letterbox Live . Letterbox Live celebrates The Letterbox Club for which I am patron. Letterbox Club gets books Read more [...]
Care Leavers with connection to Preston - are you free on Thursday Feb 7th for a photo with me? Dovetail are holding an exhibition of Panoramas at The Museum of Lancashire in Preston. It was featured Read more [...]
This event at The Houses of Parliament will sell out quickly so pre-register now. I'm speaking at this next one. It's TEDx at Houses of Parliament. It's going to be special. The last one was. Read more [...]
There are nearly 25,000 children's social workers in England alone. If you add to these the estimated numbers of professionals who work for children in care at Non Government Organisations including Read more [...]