The British Government has announced UKP 1.2million for a fund aimed at helping the teenage girl victims of street gangs who are routinely raped and abused upon joining. BBC London has the story here on its site with input from a survivor that founded her own charity to tackle the problem.
– CBG
I’m sharing this story, not because I want to shame anyone in particular, but to try and explain why I ignore so many requests from people to share their attempts to raise money or sign petitions in support of their story. Here is, yet again, a case of a cause that went viral in a…
Nick’s entire article about the importance of not just the Movember movement, but a year-round refocus on mental health issues for men is spot on, but the numbers he quotes are what I want to focus on, because the math is truly astounding when you start to break it down. “In Europe, there are just…
Behavioral issues in school, getting in trouble, and wham! Instead of mental health care, you’re a criminal case. We do it to adults all the time, why would we not see it the same way with kids? Especially kids without the family means to get private care and assistance?
This is what we do, and we need to figure out something else. The criminal justice system is not mental health care.
““Someone will call in and know they need help, but they don’t know how to get there,” says Ben Harrington, executive director. “They need treatment, or they need to find a doctor. Our specialists find out the most pressing issues, and when they say they understand, and that they’ve been there too, it’s huge. “Shared…
This was the follow-up from a story regarding a sex offender who had fled to Spain and whose wife was later accused of murdering their two children. He has since committed suicide following his re-extradition back to the UK. You can read about it at the Daily Mail here. – CBG
A teacher promoted to the head (principal) position, who had previously been jailed for stealing from his school, was also jailed for abusing 13 boys, a girl and an adult at the start of this week. The BBC has the story here including the story crawl inset and at the bottom of the page from…
