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Child migrants: UK Government needs to follow Australian government lead and offer apology at home as well as abroad says care leavers charity. |
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CLA Press Release: 15 November 2009
Child migrants: UK Government needs to follow Australian government lead and offer apology at home as well as abroad says care leavers charity.
- The proposed government apology to child migrants from the UK is welcome but those abused in care in the UK care also need recognition.
- A new website has been launched to help Australian child migrants and others in care as children to reconnect with people from their past.
Responding to the announcement that Gordon Brown is to offer an apology to adults forcibly migrated to commonwealth countries as children, and to Australian Prime-minister Kevin Rudd’s forthcoming apology to all those abused in care as children in Australia, Will McMahon, Chair of the UK-based Care Leavers’ Association (1) said:
‘On November 16th Kevin Rudd is to offer an apology to all adults who suffered abuse in care in Australia. The Care Leavers’ Association expects Gordon Brown to extend his New Year apology in the same way and to offer an apology to all care leavers who experienced abuse while in care in the UK. There is a need for an independent inquiry so that, like Australia, the UK can acknowledge and offer an apology for the events that took place.’ (2)
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 15 November 2009 13:32 )
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Thank You to Everyone Who Completed the Questionnaire |
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Thank you to all care leavers who completed our online questionnaire. Over 300 of you responded, which is fantastic!
The survey is now closed but watch this space for the results of our findings. |
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Australian Government to apologise for past abuse of children in care |
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Care leavers around the world will know about the experiences of care leavers in Australia who were abused in care in past decades. That is why we are so pleased to hear about the formal apology that is about to be given by the Australian government. What follows is an extract from a press statement from CLAN, our fellow organisation of care leavers in Australia
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 12 November 2009 10:08 )
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Care Leavers' Response to John Goldup's Appointment as Social Care Director at OFSTED |
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In response to John Goldup's appointment as Social Care Director at OFSTED, Will McMahon, Chair of the Care Leavers' Association said:
'John Goldup was a very senior manager at the time of a major child abuse scandal in Islington, when the department he worked in failed to protect children in care in its children's homes. To the best knowledge of the Care Leavers’ Association executive he has never expressed a view in public about his perspective on what happened nor throughout all the years of media, public and professional interest in this issue has John Goldup ever spoken out in support of survivors and care leavers who were abused. In our view, at the very least, he should make a public statement now, clarifying his role and actions during his time in Islington and answering the perfectly proper and deep concerns that care leavers and children in care will have about his appointment. If he is unwilling to do so then we can have no confidence in his appointment and, by extension, no confidence in OFSTED for making that appointment.'
Phil Frampton, a member of the Care Leavers' Association, has written a fuller article on John Goldup's appointment, which can be found on our Blog. Have your say on this issue there. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 20 October 2009 14:57 )
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Recession Stress Results in More Children Being Taken into Care |
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On Sunday 18 October, The Observer reported that the recession is being blamed for the huge surge in the number of children being taken into care.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 20 October 2009 11:42 )
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Read more: Recession Stress Results in More Children Being Taken into Care
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