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The world’s a crazy place The world is a disgrace, People rushing round, Robbing them for pounds; But they’re the human race.The world’s a crazy place. What do I see? People hurting people. What do I see? People shooting people. The world is a disgrace, People rushing round, Robbing them for pounds; But they’re the … Read more
We welcome the publication of the White Paper, Care Matters, Time for Change. It says the right things about the needs of children and young people in care and contains a large number of measures and suggestions that should improve the lot of those in care dramatically. In particular, it was good to see that … Read more
We’ve had the consultation through the Green Paper, Care Matters : Transforming the Lives of Children and Young People in Care, and the Government’s response to the consultation. Now we have the Government’s plans. In the Foreword, Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills, introducing the White Paper, speaks of the needs of … Read more
A mixture of news items, events, comments and whimsies, including bicycles, Every Child Matters, dummies, confidentiality, the history of child care, bathkidslitfest, summer time in Bath, money, the Mulberry Bush, bullying and a new(ish) journal. Every Child Matters – so do the Rest of Us The five main concerns of Every Child Matters have been … Read more
“ I’m off to the pictures, Miss. Put the rest of my wages away until tomorrow. We’re going on the outing you know. So I don’t want to spend too much tonight.” She turned from the senior on duty to speak to me. “See you next week, Miss. Have a nice weekend.” I murmured stuff … Read more
The Webmag has been going for seven and a half years now, and we must have published well over a thousand articles. Who refers to the musty piles of back numbers of hard copy magazines? The Webmag articles are all there at the touch of the Back Issues button. Modern technology makes them available. But … Read more
This article was supplied by Calpol, but it is not advertising material. We are publishing it because we believe that readers who are parents will find the Guide useful. The Guide is straightforward and simple, and gives basic information about the National Health Service which new parents – or parents new to this country – … Read more
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children held one meeting in June: Tuesday 5 June: UK Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: With speakers Beverly Hughes MP (Minister of State for Children, and Carolyne Willow (National Co-ordinator, Children’s Rights Alliance for England) This meeting was an opportunity to discuss the … Read more
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Children held one meeting in May: Monday 14 May: Every Child Matters and Social Care How will the new Ofsted inspection arrangements help to better integrate social care services with other children’s services? With speakers Jean Humphrys (Deputy Director for Children, Ofsted), Caroline Abrahams (Children and Young People Programme … Read more
DVD Review by Kathleen Lane Since I believe that we should be making greater efforts to exploit the possibilities of new technology at conferences and seminars, instead of the interminable use of power point I was delighted to be asked to review the DVD of the FICE Congress held in Sarajevo in September 2006. FICE … Read more
On 24 April 2007, the Christian Child Care Forum held its Sixth Annual Forum. Baroness Valerie Howarth of Breckland welcomed people to the Forum. She spoke of children and childhood being on the political agenda in a wholly new way; not just as a reaction to scandals, and of the need for more strategic thinking … Read more