CHILD CONTACT WEBSITE MENTIONED IN PARLIAMENT
Staffordshire based international social website mychildcontact.com’s CEO Kenn Griffiths’ advice was sought by MP Charlie Elphicke to help his Bill to improve services for children missing out on contact with their children. The MP for Dover told the House about Kenn’s work and used case studies from the site’s forum.
Kenn believes that if you can get the best of experts and best practice in one place then many children would still be having quality contact to an absent parent.
Mychildcontact.com is Kenn’s answer to poor services and practice. The site is a one-stop-shop offering advice and experts including independent social workers who are not restricted by Local Government Financial restrictions.
Launched in January the site has had more than 140 million page impressions from Facebook Ads alone.
Kenn is available for interview.
Call 07831 612688 Or mail kenn@mychildcontact.com
View More on our site http://www.mychildcontact.com
Wednesday 30 March 2011
Monday 28 March 2011
Scottish Leader seeks Child Protection.
Gray seeks extra child protection
(UKPA) – 1 day ago
Efforts to protect children from sexual predators should be increased and research to address the issue should be commissioned, Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray has said.
Children's charity Barnardo's welcomed the call, which it said has been supported across the political spectrum.
Mr Gray said: "You can judge a society on the way it cares for its most vulnerable members, and we certainly need to do more to protect children from sexual predators.
"Often abuse happens in the home environment but with the expansion of the internet, increasingly we are seeing organised groups attempting to get access to children."
He said a Labour Scottish Government would ensure research was carried out, and that guidance on the issue was updated to address "legal changes and the impact of the internet".
Martin Crewe, director of Barnardo's Scotland, said the charity worked with more than 1,000 children across the UK in a year - including 92 in Glasgow and 25 in Dundee. He referred to a police operation in Derbyshire where a gang of men were convicted of a catalogue of offences against vulnerable girls who were preyed on and abused.
Mr Crewe added: "Sexual exploitation of children and young people is a shocking crime. Recent events in England have exposed tragic cases of vulnerable girls and boys, craving affection and attention, who are being groomed then used as sexual commodities.
"Many of the young people being abused in this way think it's love - but the perpetrators of this crime know it's business.
"Our services are aware of cases of child sexual exploitation across Scotland. We urgently need research to be conducted to identify the nature and scale of the problem in Scotland, to increase the awareness of sexual exploitation and to offer more effective protection to vulnerable children and young people.
"We have received fantastic support on this issue from right across the political spectrum, and welcome this recent call for action by Scottish Labour."
Copyright © 2011 The Press Association. All rights reserved.
(UKPA) – 1 day ago
Efforts to protect children from sexual predators should be increased and research to address the issue should be commissioned, Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray has said.
Children's charity Barnardo's welcomed the call, which it said has been supported across the political spectrum.
Mr Gray said: "You can judge a society on the way it cares for its most vulnerable members, and we certainly need to do more to protect children from sexual predators.
"Often abuse happens in the home environment but with the expansion of the internet, increasingly we are seeing organised groups attempting to get access to children."
He said a Labour Scottish Government would ensure research was carried out, and that guidance on the issue was updated to address "legal changes and the impact of the internet".
Martin Crewe, director of Barnardo's Scotland, said the charity worked with more than 1,000 children across the UK in a year - including 92 in Glasgow and 25 in Dundee. He referred to a police operation in Derbyshire where a gang of men were convicted of a catalogue of offences against vulnerable girls who were preyed on and abused.
Mr Crewe added: "Sexual exploitation of children and young people is a shocking crime. Recent events in England have exposed tragic cases of vulnerable girls and boys, craving affection and attention, who are being groomed then used as sexual commodities.
"Many of the young people being abused in this way think it's love - but the perpetrators of this crime know it's business.
"Our services are aware of cases of child sexual exploitation across Scotland. We urgently need research to be conducted to identify the nature and scale of the problem in Scotland, to increase the awareness of sexual exploitation and to offer more effective protection to vulnerable children and young people.
"We have received fantastic support on this issue from right across the political spectrum, and welcome this recent call for action by Scottish Labour."
Copyright © 2011 The Press Association. All rights reserved.
Sunday 20 March 2011
HIT THE BLUES WITH SOME BLUE SKIES
Getting out and about in the great outdoors has long been acknowledged as one of the best ways of dealing with life’s stresses. Everyone in the family can benefit from the healing and calming effect a stroll in the park or local woodland has on our psyche.
The traumas of step-parenting, divorce, family breakdown and difficult child access and contact can have on us doesn’t go away easily but getting back to nature seems to make us happiest and less stressed.
Park Life surveyed nearly 20,000 people in the UK and found that using green spaces was a good way to improve physical and mental health. The survey showed that 25% of the people visited a park to relax and think. 22% just went there for peace and quiet whilst 31% visited simply because they enjoyed the beauty of the surroundings, 44% wanted fresh air and 46% loved to walk. The survey hopes to encourage more people to join in with Love Parks Week (24 July to 1 Aug) Paul Bramhill, CEO of GreenSpace, says “Parks and green spaces benefit physical, mental and spiritual health.”
Dr William Bird of Natural England who already have a following of 40,000 people says “It has something to do with how we interact with nature. We feel happier, less worried, more engaged with what we are doing and more energetic”
Getting Involved
There are many walking groups around and a walk to your local library may well spur you into joining.
You can, of course, simply get the kids out and about without it being an organised event. There’s no excuse for not making the effort. Getting the children away from the computer and television is in itself worthwhile.
If you are an organiser why not come onto the mychildcontact.com’s forum and organise a walking event to support our petition to Government to have a dedicated Minister appointed solely for Child Contact and Access (see/join our petition http://bit.ly/esMUO4).
HIT THE BLUES WITH SOME BLUE SKIES
Getting out and about in the great outdoors has long been acknowledged as one of the best ways of dealing with life’s stresses. Everyone in the family can benefit from the healing and calming effect a stroll in the park or local woodland has on our psyche.
The traumas of step-parenting, divorce, family breakdown and difficult child access and contact can have on us doesn’t go away easily but getting back to nature seems to make us happiest and less stressed.
Park Life surveyed nearly 20,000 people in the UK and found that using green spaces was a good way to improve physical and mental health. The survey showed that 25% of the people visited a park to relax and think. 22% just went there for peace and quiet whilst 31% visited simply because they enjoyed the beauty of the surroundings, 44% wanted fresh air and 46% loved to walk. The survey hopes to encourage more people to join in with Love Parks Week (24 July to 1 Aug) Paul Bramhill, CEO of GreenSpace, says “Parks and green spaces benefit physical, mental and spiritual health.”
Dr William Bird of Natural England who already have a following of 40,000 people says “It has something to do with how we interact with nature. We feel happier, less worried, more engaged with what we are doing and more energetic”
Getting Involved
There are many walking groups around and a walk to your local library may well spur you into joining.
You can, of course, simply get the kids out and about without it being an organised event. There’s no excuse for not making the effort. Getting the children away from the computer and television is in itself worthwhile.
If you are an organiser why not come onto the mychildcontact.com’s forum and organise a walking event to support our petition to Government to have a dedicated Minister appointed solely for Child Contact and Access (see/join our petition http://bit.ly/esMUO4).
The traumas of step-parenting, divorce, family breakdown and difficult child access and contact can have on us doesn’t go away easily but getting back to nature seems to make us happiest and less stressed.
Park Life surveyed nearly 20,000 people in the UK and found that using green spaces was a good way to improve physical and mental health. The survey showed that 25% of the people visited a park to relax and think. 22% just went there for peace and quiet whilst 31% visited simply because they enjoyed the beauty of the surroundings, 44% wanted fresh air and 46% loved to walk. The survey hopes to encourage more people to join in with Love Parks Week (24 July to 1 Aug) Paul Bramhill, CEO of GreenSpace, says “Parks and green spaces benefit physical, mental and spiritual health.”
Dr William Bird of Natural England who already have a following of 40,000 people says “It has something to do with how we interact with nature. We feel happier, less worried, more engaged with what we are doing and more energetic”
Getting Involved
There are many walking groups around and a walk to your local library may well spur you into joining.
You can, of course, simply get the kids out and about without it being an organised event. There’s no excuse for not making the effort. Getting the children away from the computer and television is in itself worthwhile.
If you are an organiser why not come onto the mychildcontact.com’s forum and organise a walking event to support our petition to Government to have a dedicated Minister appointed solely for Child Contact and Access (see/join our petition http://bit.ly/esMUO4).
HIT THE BLUES WITH SOME BLUE SKIES
Getting out and about in the great outdoors has long been acknowledged as one of the best ways of dealing with life’s stresses. Everyone in the family can benefit from the healing and calming effect a stroll in the park or local woodland has on our psyche.
The traumas of step-parenting, divorce, family breakdown and difficult child access and contact can have on us doesn’t go away easily but getting back to nature seems to make us happiest and less stressed.
Park Life surveyed nearly 20,000 people in the UK and found that using green spaces was a good way to improve physical and mental health. The survey showed that 25% of the people visited a park to relax and think. 22% just went there for peace and quiet whilst 31% visited simply because they enjoyed the beauty of the surroundings, 44% wanted fresh air and 46% loved to walk. The survey hopes to encourage more people to join in with Love Parks Week (24 July to 1 Aug) Paul Bramhill, CEO of GreenSpace, says “Parks and green spaces benefit physical, mental and spiritual health.”
Dr William Bird of Natural England who already have a following of 40,000 people says “It has something to do with how we interact with nature. We feel happier, less worried, more engaged with what we are doing and more energetic”
Getting Involved
There are many walking groups around and a walk to your local library may well spur you into joining.
You can, of course, simply get the kids out and about without it being an organised event. There’s no excuse for not making the effort. Getting the children away from the computer and television is in itself worthwhile.
If you are an organiser why not come onto the mychildcontact.com’s forum and organise a walking event to support our petition to Government to have a dedicated Minister appointed solely for Child Contact and Access (see/join our petition http://bit.ly/esMUO4).
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