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CHEMICAL COSH BLAMED ON TEACHERS

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349088/Teachers-blamed-record-number-children-prescribed-chemical-cosh.html

Added by Alison J Stevens on January 26, 2011 at 20:19 — No Comments

COULD TODLERS BE LABELED AS FUTURE CRIMINALS

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8278932/Future-criminals-could-be-identified-as-toddlers.html

Added by Alison J Stevens on January 26, 2011 at 20:05 — No Comments

PAIN 2004 CASSANDRA JARDINE DAILY TELEGRAPH

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1468412/Children-are-taken-away-but-the-system-cant-admit-its-wrong.html

Added by Alison J Stevens on January 26, 2011 at 19:35 — No Comments

What about UK's devoted dads? from the Leicester Mercury 26th January 2011

What about UK's devoted dads?

T his month's Panorama series on Britain's missing dads focused on feckless fathers – a term used to describe fathers who do not connect with their responsibilities as a parent and are often absent from children's lives, leaving the mothers in a distressing situation.

As a woman, it would only be natural to empathise with the single mothers, but while watching…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on January 26, 2011 at 19:01 — No Comments

GLOUCESTERSHIRE CHILDRENS SERVICES FAILINGS

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Hundreds-Gloucestershire-children-care-cases-reviewed-council-branded-inadequate/article-3134116-detail/article.html

Added by Alison J Stevens on January 25, 2011 at 21:02 — No Comments

SELF REPRESENTATION

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/litigants-person-set-rise

Added by Alison J Stevens on January 25, 2011 at 20:57 — No Comments

CHILD PROTECTION DATA BASE CLOSES

Anger as child protection database closes down – Local News – Shields Gazette.

Added by Alison J Stevens on January 25, 2011 at 20:47 — No Comments

AN ADOPTION SYSTEM THAT NOW DOESNT CARE ABOUT CHILDREN

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1350267/Adoption-longer-serves-children-just-predjudice-social-workers.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Added by Alison J Stevens on January 25, 2011 at 20:28 — No Comments

The Centre for Fun and Families

The centre for Fun and Families is in its 21st year of providing group work for parents/carers and young people in City and County of Leicester. Groups are available throughout the year in the City and County.

Living with Teenagers groups will be delivered in the City and County from January in a number of areas.

Fun and Families and Grounded Groups will also begin in the County too.

Please contact the Duty worker who is available…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on January 25, 2011 at 19:56 — No Comments

Action Homeless – Not The Big Snooze

Date: Friday 4 February 2011

Time: 8pm Friday – 6am Saturday

Location: Leicestershire County Cricket Ground, Grace Road, Leicester

Not The Big Snooze is an overnight sponsored sleep out being organised by Action Homeless in order to raise awareness about homelessness in Leicester and to raise funds for their Winter Appeal to secure emergency beds for rough sleepers all through the year – not just in sub-zero…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on January 25, 2011 at 19:41 — No Comments

Adult Health and Social Care Forum Event:

VCS Adult Health and Social Care Forum Event: Engaging with the New Health Structures

Date: Tuesday 8 March

Time: 9am - 4pm

Location: Voluntary Action LeicesterShire, 9 Newarke Street, Leicester LE1 5SN

The VCS Adult Health and Social Care Forums 2nd event focuses on the importance of local VCS engagement in emerging health and social care structures and partnership arrangements at a local level.

The event offers VCS organisations the chance…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on January 25, 2011 at 19:21 — No Comments

THE RISE AND FALL OF RISK REPORTING

1 THE RISE AND FALL OF RISK REPORTING: media coverage of human ...

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat -…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on January 23, 2011 at 20:30 — No Comments

Social work: theory and practice for a changing profession - Google Books Result

Social work: theory and practice for a changing profession - Google Books Result…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on January 23, 2011 at 20:04 — No Comments

ADOPTIONS SHOULD INCREASE TEN FOLD SAYS OUT GOING BARNARDOS DIRECTOR

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/21/adoption-barnardos-chief-martin-narey

Added by Alison J Stevens on January 23, 2011 at 18:13 — No Comments

NICK CLEGG SPEACH LAST YEAR SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

http://www.libdems.org.uk/latest_news_detail.aspx?title=Nick_Clegg's_speech_on_supporting_families_and_children&pPK=6d739b75-08a1-4262-9309-39b0fc8fc45c

Added by Alison J Stevens on January 23, 2011 at 16:17 — No Comments

David Cameron’s broken promise may force couple to put disabled child in care

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

The mother of a severely disabled child condemned Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday for breaking an election promise that may force her to putting her daughter into care.

David Cameron's broken election promise may force couple to put disabled=