VULNERABLE children in residential care are being failed by the Scottish Government and councils, leading to lives of unemployment, homelessness and prison, Audit Scotland has
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Scotsman 6 hours ago (via news.scotsman.com)
Compassion fatigue. It's a well-charted phenomenon in the charity world. People can only take so much when it comes to seeing pictures of starving children, fleeing refuge
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Scotsman 2 days ago (via news.scotsman.com)
Labour’s claims that Tory Government is bad for your health have already been verified in the early days of the Con/Lib Government. The news that Surrey Heath has the highest level of road accidents for children in Surrey comes with the announcement that Runnymede and Chertsey MP Philip Hammond is cutting the Government grant for speed cameras. "There is now every chance that more children w...
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Children are being denied a free fruit scheme because of Treasury red tape according to the Scottish Government.
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Scotsman 4 days ago (via news.scotsman.com)
Should Scottish children play in the woods without access to soap and water? According to Health Protection Scotland (HPS) the answer seems to be no.
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Two pioneering scientific projects and hundreds of planned new children's playgrounds are under threat in the latest round of government spending cuts, it can be revealed.
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Telegraph on 28th Aug 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
I was, I don't know, six. The teacher asked brightly what we knew about gypsies. Ever eager to show off my knowledge, I stood up and said they stole children. I don't know what story I'd got that from. Half a century later and we're still giving them prejudice. Dirty thieves etc. France is moving them on; in Istanbul, they're knocking down and rebuilding houses as "transfo...
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Bearwatch on 28th Aug 2010 (via theylaughedatnoah.blogspot.com)
It is every parent's desire to give their children the best start in life, but few would ever aspire to buying them a £1million house as a leaving home present. Unless, that is, you happen to be as wealthy as Tony and Cherie Blair.
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Telegraph on 28th Aug 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The UK in the era of comprehensive state education has had very different views on school size depending on the age of children. A typical local authority provides small schools for 5-11 year olds. This means they can be close to the homes of the parents. The Head can know all the children in the
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JohnRedwood on 28th Aug 2010 (via johnredwoodsdiary.com)