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Dave Roberts Churches call for end to detention of child asylum seekers

Methodist, Baptist and United Reformed Church leaders have called on people to send an extra card this Christmas, to Immigration Minister Phil Woolas MP, asking him to end the detention of children in the asylum system. The Rev David Gamble, President of the Methodist Conference, criticised the Government for making Britain the only country in Europe which locks up children of people who have had their asylum claims declined. "Every year hundreds of children are sent to detention centres. Most… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on November 23, 2009 at 11:23am — No Comments

Dave Roberts VeggieTales and Samaritan's Purse team up for kids at Christmas

The loveable talking vegetable characters, the VeggieTales, have joined forces with the UK’s largest shoebox appeal, Operation Christmas Child, to encourage families to put compassion at the heart of the ‘recession-hit’ Christmas. Last year over 1.2 million gift-filled shoeboxes were sent to children in Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia with the help of around 8,000 volunteers in the UK. Simon Barrington, Executive Director of Samaritan’s Purse - the charity which runs Operation Christma… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on October 13, 2009 at 9:56am — No Comments

Dave Roberts School children show heart for poor in London march

Hundreds of secondary school children and sixth form students walked through the capital on Wednesday to raise funds for Catholic Children's Society's work with vulnerable children. The school children, who came from all over the capital, walked from Hyde Park Corner to Westminster Cathedral for the "Walk a Mile in Their Shoes" event. The walk concluded with an ecumenical service at Westminster Cathedral, presided over by Monsignor Seamus O’Boyle, the Vicar General of the Diocese of Westminste… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on October 13, 2009 at 9:50am — No Comments

Dave Roberts High spending fails to improve child welfare, says OECD report

High public spending in the UK on child welfare and education is failing to deliver results, an international comparative study warns today. The report, by the Paris-based international Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), points out that Britain, although moderately well placed in the rankings, has relatively high rates of teenage pregnancy, drunkenness and young people not in education, employment or training (neets). The survey, entitled Doing Better for Children, s… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on October 1, 2009 at 6:29am — No Comments

Dave Roberts 86% of churches work with children in the community

We have aimed to eliminate from our results all activities that are an integral part of practising religion. 86% of churches provide activities for children, young people and families in the community. Given that there are around 37,500 churches in England, this suggests a possible 32,000 churches working across England to provide services in this context. There is a substantial volunteer workforce involved, in addition to the paid workforce, with volunteers providing an average of 38 hours pe… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on August 5, 2009 at 2:01pm — 1 Comment

Dave Roberts Council reinstates Christian paediatrician

A Christian paediatrician, dismissed as a medical adviser because she could not professionally recommend the placement of children with same-sex couples, has been re-instated by Northamptonshire County Council following media and public support. Dr Sheila Matthews had been removed as a medical adviser to Northamptonshire County Council’s adoption panel after asking to be able to abstain from voting on the rare occasions when she would be asked professionally to recommend children be adopted by… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on July 29, 2009 at 9:38am — No Comments

Dave Roberts Petition to highlight child's view of domestic violence

Nearly 25,000 people have signed a petition urging the government to see domestic violence from a child's point of view. The petition, which calls for the government to take action to address the shortage of refuges and therapy services for child victims of domestic violence, was handed to children's minister Dawn Primarolo. A survey published by child protection charity the NSPCC today, found that during nine out of 10 incidents of domestic violence, children are either in the same or next room… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on June 24, 2009 at 1:50pm — No Comments

Dave Roberts Concern over 11-15 year olds drinking habits

A raft of measures to tackle alcohol misuse among London's young people have been set out after research revealed the capital's 11- to 15-year-olds drink the equivalent of 180,000 bottles of beer, each week.The first comprehensive study of drinking habits among young people in the capital, carried out by the London Assembly Health and Public Services Committee, also revealed: * Young women aged 11 to 15 are now drinking more heavily * There has been a large increase in the proportion of young p… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on June 16, 2009 at 9:47am — No Comments

Dave Roberts Increase in young people seeking drug abuse treatment

The figures relating to 2007/8 show that the number of young people under the age of 30 seeking help for drug abuse is now at a record level. The main drugs used by under-18s seen by drugs counsellors were alcohol and cannabis. Among 19- to 24-year-olds heroin and other opiates were the most common drug taken. Class A drug use is still rare among teenagers, with just three per cent of under-18s being treated for heroin and opiate abuse. The same proportion were treated for cocaine abuse and less… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on June 9, 2009 at 9:01am — No Comments

Dave Roberts Online protection team "flooded" with work

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop), set up in 2006, is seen as one of the world's leading child protection organisations. In the three years it has been running, more than 340 children have been saved from abuse and 700 offenders have been apprehended. However concerns have been raised that the 120-strong team, which has an annual budget of £9million, is being flooded with work leaving it unable to investigate all cases of child abuse that comes to its attention.… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on June 5, 2009 at 2:41pm — No Comments

Dave Roberts NSPCC apologises for home school abuse comment

In a letter to home education charity, Education Otherwise, Phillip Noyes, director of public policy at NSPCC, apologised for comments made in the Independent newspaper by a spokesman for his charity. Vijay Patel, policy adviser at the NSPCC, told the paper that some people use home education to hide abuse, and cited the Victoria Climbié case as an example. But Noyes said the comments were wrong. He said: "I would like to apologise for the offence this has caused. Clearly there is no connection… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on June 5, 2009 at 2:34pm — 1 Comment

Dave Roberts Rise in sexually transmitted infections among children

Numbers of under-16s diagnosed in genito-urinary medicine clinics increased from 2,432 in 2003 to 2,737, according to statistics released in answer to a Parliamentary question by Liberal Democrat health spokesman, Norman Lamb. Cases of chlamydia - the most common STI for the under-16s - that were diagnosed in clinics went up from 1,372 to 1,530. Instances of genital herpes and genital warts both rose but cases of gonorrhoea fell. In addition, figures from the National Chlamydia Screening Progra… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on May 23, 2009 at 11:57am — 1 Comment

Dave Roberts Bill seeks to stop parents exploiting children in media

Conservative MP Jacqui Lait this week launched a bill designed to protect children who may fall victim to their own families' greed. She said the move was sparked by high profile cases such as the faked kidnap of Shannon Mathews and the furore surrounding the 13-year-old boy who was said to have fathered a child. "These two cases have in common the misguided desire of a self-interested adult member of a dysfunctional family to profit by exposing their child to a media storm," Lait told MPs. The… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on May 1, 2009 at 11:58am — No Comments

Dave Roberts World Vision gives voice to Lebanon’s children

World Vision has helped children in Lebanon share their hopes and dreams with the wider world through the publication of new book ‘From a Child’s Point of View’. In the book, Lebanese children between the ages of nine and 17 put into their own words their thoughts on a variety of issues, including child labour, discrimination, violence and education. “This book is a message to adults to let them know that we are a very important part of the community,” says 14-year-old Youhanna Abou Khazen. “We… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on April 21, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Dave Roberts Recession tops children's fears

Children are increasingly worried about the credit crunch and the threat of crime, a new BBC survey has found. Some 61% said they had been affected by the downturn. More than 40% said their parents were worried about money - up from 30% in the first survey in 2007. Getting stabbed or shot was the biggest fear for 14% of nine to 12-year-olds. CBBC and Newsround researchers carried out 1,000 face-to-face interviews with boys and girls, aged six to 12, across the UK.… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on April 21, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Dave Roberts Children in the UK - the figures

The number of children in the age groups that the church is seeking to reach is shrinking - especially compared to a decade or two ago. And a greater number of the children being born are from homes where another religious worldview will already be a major part of family life. These are just 2 of the facts that emerge from the exhaustive index of child related facts in the download below. Among the wealth of facts are reflections on mental health issues and children. • In the UK, one in ten ch… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on March 27, 2009 at 4:46pm — No Comments

Dave Roberts Government failing to protect asylum-seeking children

The report, by Refugee and Migrant Justice, formerly the Refugee Legal Centre, which provides legal advice and representation to asylum seekers and other migrants, said children are regularly locked up and left without adult support. In January, the government published the UK Border Agency Code of Practice for keeping children safe from harm, in which it asserts: "Every child does matter, as much as if they are subject to immigration control as if they are British citizens." But the report, ent… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on March 10, 2009 at 10:14am — No Comments

Dave Roberts Plight of child soldiers inspires sixth formers

The desperate plight of child soldiers who are sometimes forced to shoot, maim and kill their own families just to stay alive, has made a deep emotional impact on sixth formers from Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. Now the same group, from Stratton Upper School, are bound for London - to receive an award from Mike Foster, Minister for International Development. They will also visit Channel 4 News. "Last year's Global Student Forum (GSF) in London focused on child soldiers worldwide," explained GSF fo… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on March 1, 2009 at 5:17pm — No Comments

Dave Roberts Why children need to feel at home

Much of my life and work alongside and among children, my theory and practice revolves around what I term “security”. It is variously described by others including those who talk about secure attachment as the primary source of this security. Security, in my view includes this, and is the primal longing, hunger, desire or need of all children. If it is not met then it is insensitive, if not futile, for those who seek to help children to offer other things such as education, counselling, lessons… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on February 20, 2009 at 10:57am — No Comments

Dave Roberts Children campaign with World Vision for education for all

Minister for International Development Ivan Lewis joined young campaigners at the launch of ‘Send My Friend to School 09’ earlier in the week. The launch was part of the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) which invites schoolchildren to keep up the pressure on global leaders to end the education crisis. Comedienne Jan Ravens, Mark Lancaster MP, David Archer, GCE Board Member and young campaigners, and winners of the Steve Sinnott Award for the Young Global Education Campaigners of the Year, 14-… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on February 12, 2009 at 3:32pm — No Comments

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