Leigh, 16, had just finished his GCSEs when his uncle asked him to join the family business: selling heroin and crack cocaine.
Tag Archives: Voice of the Child
How Chickenshed’s Crime of the Century gives children the power to speak out
When young musician Declan McKenna performed on Jools Holland’s Later programme on BBC2 recently, Declan’s teeshirt spoke louder than the lyrics of his song, with a plea in black on white: “Give 17-year-olds the vote.”
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Why violence and extremism should not be allowed to shape a child’s life
Often images of children who are the victims of war define our times most graphically. They last forever in the memory and can sometimes even be a catalyst for change. Sometimes.
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Drugs, gaming and gang culture: to understand young people, recognise the world they inhabit
Sadly the news is as predictable as it is desperately tragic. In the past couple of weeks more young men have been stabbed in Southeast London.
Child trafficking and slavery – a crime happening in the UK and across Europe right now
There’s a catastrophe happening right here, right now in the UK and across Europe.
#VOC – a manifesto for the future of every child
Scanning the Guardian recently I read the horrific story of three Filipino sisters who were being sexually exploited by their mother on a live webcam in their bedroom.
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Child protection cases soar as Cameron blames councils not cuts
As the number of cases involving child protection soar, Prime Minister David Cameron’s answer is to create an ideologically driven campaign for wholesale privatisation. Failing children’s services will now be taken over, while his government simultaneously makes deeper cuts into those services.
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Why the iRights campaign is vital to promote the rights of children and young people
Earlier this year a campaign was launched to promote the idea that children should be able to delete their online past. Baroness Shields, the UK’s Minister for Internet Safety and Security, backed the move as did several charities and businesses.
How our Voice of the Child campaign can make a difference to young people’s lives
I’m at a tough referral centre in inner city London. Each morning students shuffle through an airport-style metal detector that alerts onlookers for possible knives and other sharp objects.
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Capturing the “Voice of the Child” through story telling techniques
The best way to reach people is to tell them stories. It’s a tried and tested method going back millennia – and it’s one we used recently in some London secondary schools.
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