A Voice for Children, in Loving Memory of Baby Peter Connelly. We began by creating a Master Letter of suggestions for improvements to the child protection system, & asked our social networking group members to send the letter to their MPs. From this we received some very good responses and were asked to meet with Members of Parliament . We are pleased that many of our recommendations were used in
the Liberal Democrats child protection policy motion, and that several have now been or are in the process of being implemented. We have since continued to lobby MPs through petitioning and campaigns. Following our petition for Parenting Classes, we welcome the Government scheme to issue vouchers for classes. Our Justice For Children campaign asked for the legal loophole to be closed, which allowed child abusers to escape jail when the child survives, by blaming each other for the abuse. A new offence to close this gap came in to force on 1.7.2012. This is a massive victory for children which will bring many more child abusers to justice. However, we recognise that there are still fundamental flaws in the UK Justice system. These need to be addressed in order to ensure that children are better protected, and that all victims of child abuse get the justice they deserve. Please see our campaign report here:
http://www.avoiceforchildren.net/uploads/1/7/6/7/1767299/peters_law_final_to_print.pdf
We keep our members up-to-date with our campaigns & campaigns by leading children’s charities, & encourage them to get involved with fundraising, donating, spreading the word, & joining events. We post up-to-date news articles, info, photos, & comments regarding abuse, children, and parenting, to raise awareness, provide information, or as topics of discussion. Please note: These articles are not necessarily our opinions. We aim to ensure that discussions are inclusive and safe, and 'A Voice for Children' is a place on the net where you will always find active, interesting, informative, & helpful, child related topics. Please read our discussion guidelines below before participating in discussions:
DISCUSSION GUIDELINES:
There are 10 simple guidelines which we expect all participants in discussions to abide by:
1. We welcome discussion, but personal attacks on admin, other members or any individual will not be tolerated.
2. We will not tolerate racism, sexism, homophobia or other hate-speech, or comments that could be interpreted as such.
3. We understand that child abuse is a very emotive subject, however, we ask our members to respect Peter's memory & and the other members using this page, and do not swear or describe torture and violence.
4. We reserve the right to delete discussions which descend in to arguments.
5. We will not allow misrepresentation of the page or our admin to be posted on our group.
6. We will remove any comments that may put us in legal jeopardy, such as potentially libellous or defamatory postings.
7. We will remove any posts that are commercial or spam & the poster will be banned without warning.
8. We may remove comments which are unrelated to the original topic, in order to keep the thread on track. This also applies to queries or comments about moderation. You can message us privately via the message tab at the top of the page.
9. Please be aware that when commenting in writing it is easy for both tone & content to be misunderstood, so try to be clear aboutwhat you are saying & bare this in mind when reading other’s posts.
10. If you spot something problematic in a discussion, such as hate-speech or bullying, please bring it to our attention. In short:
If you act with consideration & respect for other members, the admin, & the group, you should have no problems. Persistent breach of our guidelines will result in being banned from the page.
