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Delays to building secure schools ‘leaving girls in unsafe conditions’ with substandard care

By Catherine Lough, Reporter15th July 2022News England

Delays to building secure schools are leaving vulnerable young people, especially girls, in unsafe conditions, according to a new report from MPs. The report found that delays in building secure

Report finds ‘host of indefensible system failings’ are damaging education of looked-after children

By Catherine Lough, Reporter8th July 2022News England

System-wide failings are damaging the educational outcomes of children in care, according to a new report. The Commons’ education committee report finds that looked-after children are receiving an “unacceptable” education,

Children’s social care system needs ‘radical reset’ to stop the ‘cycle of escalating problems’ – review

By Jemma Crew, Reporter23rd May 2022News England

The children’s social care system needs a “radical reset” to stop the “cycle of escalating problems”, the leader of a review into the sector has warned. Josh MacAlister, a former

Engage: Jimmy Savile – How the Netflix documentary fails to address the role institutions play in abuse

By Professor Chris Greer and Professor Eugene McLaughlin5th May 2022Engage

Jimmy Savile was one of the UK’s most serious serial sexual predators. Over several decades the television personality groomed and abused up to 1,000 boys and girls in TV studios

New book sees former child migrant revisit fight for justice inside UK’s ‘biggest sex abuse scandal’

By Alana Calvert, Reporter22nd April 2022News England

British child migrants who were physically and sexually abused as children at a notorious orphanage farm in rural Australia have had their long fight for justice immortalised in a new

Engage: My OBE is for younger self who overcame ‘dehumanising’ time in care – Lemn Sissay

By Helen William, Reporter16th March 2022Engage

Poet Lemn Sissay says he felt obliged to accept his OBE because the award honours his younger self who overcame a “dehumanising” time in care. Mr Sissay detailed his experiences

Historical abuse victims told they were failed by state during long-awaited public apology

By Jonathan McCambridge and Rebecca Black, Reporters11th March 2022News Northern Ireland

Victims of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland have been told they were failed by the state during a long-awaited public apology at Stormont. Survivors watched on in the Assembly

Residential schools ‘ideal grooming environment’ with children at higher abuse risk – new IICSA report

By Catherine Lough, Reporter1st March 2022News England

A new report into child sexual abuse has found boarding schools are the “ideal environment for grooming”, with pupils being more dependent on adults around them than in non-residential settings.

Police probe 29 allegations of abuse around mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland

By Rebecca Black, Reporter28th February 2022News Northern Ireland

Police in Northern Ireland are probing 29 allegations of criminal activity around mother and baby homes. Officers have received reports from a number of people who were adopted from different

NI ministers pledge to follow though with public apology to victims of institutional abuse

By Rebecca Black, Reporter24th February 2022News Northern Ireland

A long-awaited public apology is to be offered by five Stormont ministers to victims of historical institutional abuse. The compromise move comes as the offices of the First and deputy

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Delays to building secure schools ‘leaving girls in unsafe conditions’ with substandard care

Report finds ‘host of indefensible system failings’ are damaging education of looked-after children

Engage: Jimmy Savile – How the Netflix documentary fails to address the role institutions play in abuse

New book sees former child migrant revisit fight for justice inside UK’s ‘biggest sex abuse scandal’

Engage: My OBE is for younger self who overcame ‘dehumanising’ time in care – Lemn Sissay

Historical abuse victims told they were failed by state during long-awaited public apology

Residential schools ‘ideal grooming environment’ with children at higher abuse risk – new IICSA report

Police probe 29 allegations of abuse around mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland

NI ministers pledge to follow though with public apology to victims of institutional abuse

Waspi women criticise ‘bizarre and unjustified’ ruling out of compensation

Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother branded ‘executioners’ as pair are jailed for life

Letby legal team seeks fresh bid to challenge convictions of child serial killer

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Tag: Childrens Care Homes

Delays to building secure schools ‘leaving girls in unsafe conditions’ with substandard care

Report finds ‘host of indefensible system failings’ are damaging education of looked-after children

Children’s social care system needs ‘radical reset’ to stop the ‘cycle of escalating problems’ – review

Engage: Jimmy Savile – How the Netflix documentary fails to address the role institutions play in abuse

New book sees former child migrant revisit fight for justice inside UK’s ‘biggest sex abuse scandal’

Engage: My OBE is for younger self who overcame ‘dehumanising’ time in care – Lemn Sissay

Historical abuse victims told they were failed by state during long-awaited public apology

Residential schools ‘ideal grooming environment’ with children at higher abuse risk – new IICSA report

Police probe 29 allegations of abuse around mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland

NI ministers pledge to follow though with public apology to victims of institutional abuse