Leave a heart shaped space in your mouth.You will exit the cinema in an altered state. Be careful on the way home. Make sure you are safe. See the UK premier of Mercy Mercy at The Ritzy in Brixton Read more [...]
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 [...]
“Michael Gove’s drive to speed up the adoption process has Borne fruit with a sharp rise in the number of children given permanent homes” trumpets The Telegraph Borne fruit. It’s as if Read more [...]
I received this message today on my blog about Oaklands Children's Home. In light of the recent revelations in Wales should he take the case further and if so how? What would you advise? Your response 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 [...]
I received a message that began “I’m shaking as I type all this as I haven't ever discussed with anyone else before.” He wrote his phone number and I called. Immediately. “Do you remember Mr 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 [...]