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The children sent to a ‘holiday camp’ never to come back

23rd August 201919th August 2019 Josie McFarlane 62 Views 0 Comments adoption, Belgium, Child abduction, Child trafficking, Congo, Investigation, scandal

A court in Belgium is investigating an orphanage for alleged abduction and trafficking of children from the Democratic Republic of

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Justin Welby ‘to give evidence’ as investigation begins into Church camps where boys were beaten

18th August 201918th August 2019 Josie McFarlane 366 Views 1 Comment Abuse, Church news, Investigation, justin welby, police, scandal

The Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to be called to give evidence to an independent review into the sadistic beatings

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Church of Scotland agrees £1m payout to three abused siblings

2nd May 20191st May 2019 Josie McFarlane 304 Views 0 Comments Abuse, christian, Church news, community, compensation, Faith, scandal

Three siblings sexually abused by a care home worker have secured £1m in damages from the Church of Scotland. The

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Windrush scandal: Trauma continues one year on

21st April 201920th April 2019 Josie McFarlane 218 Views 0 Comments #Windrush, community, scandal, suffering, trauma

It’s been a year and a half since Paulette Wilson was sent to a detention centre and threatened with deportation

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Nuns ‘lied that girl’s parents were dead’

26th January 201923rd January 2019 Josie McFarlane 362 Views 0 Comments church, community, Faith, Nuns, scandal

A woman has told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry how nuns lied to her as a child and said her

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Racism, sexism and bullying reported at Oxfam

21st January 201921st January 2019 Josie McFarlane 387 Views 0 Comments #Sexism, Abuse, charity, oxfam, Racism, scandal, victims

The work environment at Oxfam is marked by “racism, colonial behaviour and bullying”, staff have reported. The allegations were made

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Keep The Faith® calls for more Church and community funding – Windrush Compensation Scheme

19th November 201819th November 2018 admin 2238 Views 0 Comments #Windrush, black, Black Church, compensation, Faith, Home office, keep the faith, scandal

On the 16th of November, Keep The Faith® magazine and our parent company (Diverse Media Group Ltd) submitted a response

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Interpol to deploy team to Africa to catch ‘sex predators’

19th October 201818th October 2018 Josie McFarlane 733 Views 0 Comments Africa, aid workers, charity, Child abuse, community, deploy, Haiti earthquake, help, Inquiry, Interpol team, oxfam, predators, scandal, sex, Sexual abuse, staff

Teams of detectives will be deployed to regional hubs in Africa and Asia to help ensure that “sexual predators” do

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Hackney Council first to pass Windrush motion

10th August 201810th August 2018 admin 745 Views 0 Comments #Windrush, 1948, 1971, 22 June, 70th anniversary, Afri-Caribbean, Britain, British citizenship, Carole Williams, central Government, commonwealth, Council Meeting, Criminalisation, employment, Ethnic, ethnicity, government, Hackney, Hackney Council, hostile environment, local authority, naturalisation, NHS, Patrick Vernon, policy, Prime Minister, proactive assistance, public enquiry, scandal, Skills and Human Resources, Speakers Parlour, Windrush Day, Windrush families, Windrush generation, windrush scandal

Hackney Council has become the first local authority in the UK to pass a motion regarding the Windrush Generation, pledging

Windrush scandal victims ‘gagged’ with non-disclosure agreement

6th August 20186th August 2018 admin 793 Views 0 Comments #Windrush, Christina Blacklaws, community, compensation, David Lammy, embarrassment, gagged, Home office, home secretary, Mr Javid, non-disclosure agreement, promise, Sajid Javid, scandal, The Independent, Windrush generation, windrush scandal, Windrush taskforce, Yvette Cooper

The Home Office is “gagging” victims of the Windrush scandal in return for fast-track compensation, sparking accusations that Sajid Javid has broken a promise to MPs.

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Aid organisations ‘truly sorry’ for sector’s failings

3rd August 20182nd August 2018 Josie McFarlane 785 Views 0 Comments community, misconduct, oxfam, scandal

Twenty-two aid organisations have said they are “truly sorry” for the sector’s failings in the wake of allegations of sexual

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Aid sector ‘almost complicit’ in sex scandal, say MPs

2nd August 20181st August 2018 Josie McFarlane 722 Views 0 Comments community, oxfam, scandal

The aid sector is guilty of “complacency verging on complicity” over an “endemic” sex abuse scandal, a damning report from