It's getting near to Christmas, and so we have a bit of a Christmassy
theme, with Gus Greene looking at what the young people in Bluebrick
think of it under the heading of "Rumble Bells" and
the international section Editorial urging the need to be positive
in the face of the scale of the problems faced by childcare workers
worldwide.
There are
three very positive reports of organisations doing good things.
The APPG for Children has provided a forum for young people to
put questions to Ministers and others actually in the Houses
of Parliament. The NCMA has celebrated its 25th Birthday in fine
style. The NCB has reported on the massive range of projects
in which it is involved. (And if you want to know what all the
initials stand for, read the articles.)
Keith White
takes a look at the implications of the names given to children's
services and Nigel Gosden looks at the legal problems of changing
children's names. "What's in a name?" they ask.
We have a
piece from Hesley on epilepsy and the serious risk it poses,
a Story from the Edge about the lives and deaths of two people,
Terry Hoon looking at comparative risks, and the usual miscellany
of news and comment in Cuttings
In the International
Section we are carrying the second part of Malay Dewanji's paper
looking at street and working children in Calcutta, moving on
from the children's needs to the services, existing and proposed,
which are designed to meet their needs.
We also have
an excerpt from a thesis by Dave Wiles laying out clearly and
crisply the needs of young people to be involved authentically
in consultation and decision-making.
Finally, we
recognise the end of one phase of the webmag's existence and
the start of another with messages from the respective positions
of Caring for Children and the Social Education Trust.
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