We adopted our daughter in the UK when she was 7 prior to the adoption videos were made by us (we were also her former social workers) when she was with her mother and birth family. We also spent a lot of time building a life story book. Post adoption we encouraged her to have contact/visitation to her birth Mum 3 times a year. At 9 her mother was found dead. Our daugter who has learning difficulties and is now 21 has relied on the videos and story book to help her make sense of her background. My website http://www.mychildcontact.com has been designed with our experience of the needs of children to know their birth parents. It's really important.
Kenn Griffiths is an adoptive parent, social worker, founder of mychildcontact.com and a writer and is available for interview and comment.
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
CHILD CONTACT WEBSITE MENTIONED IN PARLIAMENT
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
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
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.
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