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£20 Million To Provide More Early Help For Vulnerable Families

19th August 202119th August 2021 Shirley McGreal 231 Views 0 Comments children, england, Families, Local Communities, Transformational Fund, Vulnerable Families

Thousands of vulnerable or low-income families in England will benefit from a multi-million-pound investment to improve access to early education,

Fostering & Adoption

Families Across England To Receive Better Support To Adopt

29th July 202128th July 2021 Shirley McGreal 464 Views 0 Comments Adopt, Adopting Children, Adoption Agencies, Black Adopters, Families, National Adoption Strategy

Thousands of families are to receive better support when adopting children through a new strategy to tackle the postcode lottery

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Jerusalem & Gaza: End this violence that is quickly spiralling out of control

16th May 202114th May 2021 Josie McFarlane 265 Views 0 Comments children, communities, crisis, Death, Families, Gaza, government, injured, Jerusalem, Palestine, people, violence, war

We call upon all to pull back from the brink of horrific life-threatening violence. We condemn any violence from any side that targets civilians indiscriminately.

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Pray in May with Mary’s Meals

7th May 20218th May 2021 Josie McFarlane 320 Views 0 Comments Africa, BAME, BME, charity, children, community, Families, food, human rights, Life, Mary's meals, Poverty, pray, World Hunger

This month the charity Mary’s Meals is inviting individuals, churches and faith groups to pray for its work feeding hungry children in some of the world’s poorest countries and to ask for God’s continued blessing for its mission, as part of a new campaign called Pray In May.

Coronavirus Editors' Picks News

Church Steps Up International Giving Following India Crisis

6th May 20214th May 2021 Josie McFarlane 254 Views 0 Comments charity, communities, Coronavirus, crisis, Families, fundraising, help, India, Oxygen, Poverty

UK-based charity, Feed The Hungry, have seen an incredible response to their “Oxygen for India” campaign, raising over £9,000 in just four hours.

Coronavirus Editors' Picks Lifestyle News

COVID scientists issue urgent call for help from UK’s black communities

5th May 20214th May 2021 Josie McFarlane 248 Views 0 Comments BAME, BME, charity, communities, Coronavirus, crisis, Families, fundraising, help, India, Oxygen, Poverty, science, Vaccine

Scientists involved in a ground-breaking COVID-19 genetic research study have issued an urgent call to Londoners who caught the virus to donate blood at special ‘pop up’ centres that are staring to open across the capital.

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Myanmar: Christians ‘hiding in the forest for safety’

5th May 20214th May 2021 Josie McFarlane 263 Views 0 Comments charity, children, Christians, communities, Death, Families, government, help, human rights, hunger, Myanmar, persecution, Poverty, Support, violence, war

Myanmar’s Christians have been telling Open Doors partners of how they are living in constant fear, following February’s coup. With the internet shut down, communications from the country have been few and far between. However, Open Doors’

Editors' Picks Lifestyle

Foster a child – You may have more to offer than you think

16th April 202115th April 2021 Josie McFarlane 210 Views 0 Comments community, experience, Families, fostering, future, Life, Support, young people, youths

Foster carers play a vital role in looking after children and change lives with their love and support. Your care really makes a difference and helps young people achieve their best.

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Youth violence prevention week – “Hard Calls Save lives”

15th April 202115th April 2021 Josie McFarlane 213 Views 0 Comments awareness, campaign, communities, crime, Families, gangs, help, knife crime, London, Met Police, safety, Support, young people, youth violence

The Metropolitan police have launched a new campaign called “Hard Calls Save lives”. This is a hard-hitting awareness-raising campaign against serious youth violence led by five mothers who have lost their sons to knife crime.

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Boko Haram and the Nigerian Conscience By Martins Agbonlahor

23rd March 202119th March 2021 Josie McFarlane 282 Views 0 Comments Boko Haram, charity, community, Families, friends, Girls, government, human rights, kidnap, Nigerian, violence, women

The aim of this write-up is not to catalogue the butcheries of this sect, but to ask the question any rational individual would ask: Why has the Nigerian government been unable to nip Boko Haram’s notorieties in the bud?

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Unregulated accommodation to be banned for vulnerable children

20th February 202118th February 2021 Josie McFarlane 245 Views 0 Comments community, crisis, Families, Foster care, government, help, Law, vulnerable children, Youth

A ban on placing vulnerable children under the age of 16 in unregulated accommodation will come into force in September, the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced, as part of a series of reforms to drive up standards in children’s social care.

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New Teaching School Hubs to be rolled out across the UK

12th February 202111th February 2021 Josie McFarlane 211 Views 0 Comments community, Coronavirus, education, Families, funding, government, home schooling, learn, Lockdown, needs, Pandemic, school, Support, Teaching, UK, young people future, youths

Every school in the country will have greater access to expert teacher training and development, under plans announced by the Department for Education this week.