Abuse in childhood is most evident in the internal life of the adult. Many of us went into the care system simply to be cared for only to find ourselves stuck in a kafkaesque nightmare at Wood End. Read more [...]
The scandal tearing through Britain about missing home office files on alleged child abuse rankles. It's happening to me. Now NSPCC wants to make covering up chlid abuse, by hiding files, a crime. Read more [...]
Beautiful interview this morning at a secret location about The Christmas Dinner for Allan Beswick on BBC Radio Manchester at 8.30am thanks to Michelle and the radio car. Read more [...]
It's 5am Christmas Eve. I'm staying in the Northern Quarter in Manchester for The Chrsitmas Dinner. Throughout today I’ll share different aspects, different elements, to The Christmas Dinner. Read more [...]
This is a beautiful video of a care system which more often than not seems to be ashamed of itself. And a system ashamed of itself will never produce young people who are not ashamed to be using it. Read more [...]
This Christmas Dinner in Manchester is inspired by The Tope Project who did it first in London last year. Louise Wallwein writes on the crowdfunder site "The Christmas Dinner is a pop up organisation Read more [...]
I check with The Christmas Dinner referral team to see how many care leavers are confirmed. Twenty five. There's space for 45. I’m told an anxious young man has telephoned saying he needed travel Read more [...]