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 [...]
The adoptive mother describes the child whom they'd taken some years earlier from Ethiopia as having grown into a person with a wild look in her eyes. It was like seeing an exorcist. This is immediately 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 [...]
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 [...]
Every child in care (above 13) and leaving care should have their own facebook page. Anonymising children in the care system is practised more often than not to protect the institution. On that Read more [...]
She Read As She Cradled You part of me Every day your history Every tomorrow your destiny Every growth your mystery Every mother wants a baby Like you Every laugh your personality Every Read more [...]
Approximately £2,000 to £2,400 per month is what the foster parents lose now they are no longer housing three children in Rotherham. Could this be an underlying reason for their going to press about Read more [...]
I know alot of people but Christmas can be difficult and remains family-less. I say this because The Tope Project is a brilliant idea for care-leavers in the UK. It’s a volunteer project aiming Read more [...]
Many children who were in care , especially the articulate ones , are encouraged, directly or indirectly back into it, to become social workers or lobbyists. Can they improve the system for future Read more [...]
What parent views their child between 16 and 18 as willing and able to look after themselves for the rest of their lives without ever returning for advice, financial help, a meal, to wash their Read more [...]