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A very engaging talk despite the theme. Steeped in subject appreciation and emotional literacy. At 07.09 Alex discusses a shocking outcome from research into boarding schools which was conducted in the late 1960's by the eminent sociologist Royston Lambert. Of 1100 pupils interviewed at the time, 6% reported sexual abuse or having been 'interfered with' by an adult from the school. The work was co...

Non-recent abuse at the Sir Harry Smith Community College in Cambridge. Mandatory Reporting is a vital component of functioning safeguarding.

'It's not a magic bullet ' was said by Messrs Ashcroft and Beard (i) Chair of Association of Independent Chairs of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (ii)Head of Corporate Safeguarding Barnardo's. Who ever suggested it is a magic bullet? We would welcome being informed. Mandate Now will soon be commenting further on this aspect of the seminar.

Title : Rapid Evidence Assessment: What can be learnt from other jurisdictions about preventing and responding to child sexual abuse. It is impossible to test mandatory reporting 'at different community levels' as Professor Radford suggests. This is a common mistake made by social workers who seem to confuse law and practice. The latter can easily be trialled, the former has to exist in order to f...

Whistle-blowing has a role to play at the margins of future child protection when newly introduced MR law is introduced to child protection in Regulated Activities. Reliance on whistle-blowing fails good staff, children and their parents. It's use also flies in the face of empirical research from Australia which demonstrates the importance and effectiveness of the foundation of mandatory reporting...

Mr Gamble contributed to the programme in response to the headline : 'Police chief calls for paedophiles who view child abuse images to be spared prosecution as officers 'can't cope' with. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/28/police-chief-calls-low-risk-paedophiles-spared-jail-officers/volume of reports' Mr Gamble did not support this approach. He continued with this important contribution t...

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Shaun Harvey makes a few good points and is refreshingly realistic until he suggests that football is in a very 'different place' and child protection policies can be robust. What Shaun Harvey and many in positions of authority within settings that are defined as Regulated Activities' fail to realise is that, the so termed 'statutory framework' does not permit 'robust' child protection to be deliv...

Ofsted "Quality Assurance" of inspection reports has a certain reputation. A submitted report can reappear post QA and be unrecognisable to the HMI author.

Sue Ravenlaw used a flurry statistics to support her claim 'its different now.' CRB's are being undertaken by the thousands, and (Club) Welfare Officers exist and trained (by the thousand). It must be said that none of this is any different to what is happening (by the tens of thousands) in all other Regulated Activities such as schools, healthcare, faith groups and other sports organisations beca...

The radio report was also accompanied by this article https://goo.gl/fUvh2r The child protection status quo cannot be permitted to continue.

Today's report stems from five former executives saying the Football Association is outdated, held back by "elderly white men" and unable to counter the power of the Premier League, http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38274152 The five are : David Bernstein, David Davies, Greg Dyke, Alex Horne and David Triesman Mr Dyke claims the (child protection) systems that have been put in place in the last...

A Skype call informed us Mandate Now was name checked in the programme. Our huge corporatized 'reputation' has to be defended and we found this ...

For discussion /debate to be engaging there has to be two perspecitves / proposals. Even if the other is the status quo with someone who understands the subject, that's fine. A programme simply attempting to dissmiss MR, which operates in the majority of countries on all four continents, might not help reveal the challenges that child protection in Regulated Activities faces : https://goo.gl/SABRJ...

Majiid is rather surprised by some of the conversation - in fact thunderstruck.

Mr Loughton seems tense? We hope not. Sensible long-form discussion would be good. Lord Bates (Home Office) did indicate MR rountable discussion would happen in a letter to Baroness Walmsley. But they haven't. Ministers are now collectively leaning against their doors unkeen to communicate. The extraordinary proposals in the Government consultation bear little scrutiny. We unpicked them in our MRC...

The FAabuse inquiry is under question because of the appointment of Kate Gallafent who is known to the FA. Our submission to the Govt Consultation on Reporting Child Abuse (13/10/16) - https://goo.gl/pEbq9L - that addresses most of the questions raised in the interview. In summary Mellor said: Appoint a figure like John Stevens to head an inquiry, He was a former senior policeman (Agree) Have exte...

The view expressed by by Richard Cabourn at the end of his interview about parents being reassured and feeling safe because of NSPCC involvement is well meaning but bears no scrutiny. FA declined to go on the programme.

Mr Palios was correct about the risks to the young in collective children's activities, that can come from adults who have an unhealthy interest in the young. Such settings are currently petri dishes for abuse. Mandatory Reporting is a vital part of a functioning child protection system. It protects staff and children. We are out of step with the vast majority of countries on all four continents....

On 18/11/16 Shelagh Fogarty echoed what most members of the public think. It's a deception sadly. We can blame the government, institutions, social workers and those involved in safeguarding repeating who repeat this mantra at every opportunity. None provide any evidence to support this claim, but everyone who utters it thinks 'it must be right.' Who was it who is alleged to have said 'repeat a li...