Tag: Barnardo’s

Barnardo’s calls for more help to get vulnerable young people leaving care into education, employment and training

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s is calling for local authorities to find better ways to help vulnerable young people who have left care to secure an education, employment or training. As local authorities are starting work on publishing their new local offer of services for care leavers, Barnardo’s is calling on them to carefully consider what can be done to help them. Barnardo’s believes local authorities should commission improved quality services as part of their local offer for care leavers. This would include: advice on employment, training and skills a range of suitable accommodation…

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Plaistow pop superstar Mumzy Stranger delves into Barnardo’s rich east London archive

Stuart Mitchell

Chart-topping British Bangladeshi singer and producer is taking part in FastForADay campaign during Ramadan   Award-winning British Muslim pop superstar Mumzy Stranger took a dive into the Barnardo’s archive in his home neighbourhood of Plaistow as part of a Ramadan campaign to support the UK’s leading children’s charity. Mumzy, who has topped the UK Asian Charts and was named Asian Artist of the Year at the 2017 Urban Music Awards, wanted to find out more about Barnardo’s history in east London after joining #FastForADay, an influencer-driven campaign to raise awareness…

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Fashion influencer Mariah Idrissi visits Harrow Horizons mental health service

Stuart Mitchell

Muslim model, presenter and actress is taking part in FastForADay campaign to support Barnardo’s during Ramadan   British Muslim model Mariah Idrissi visited a Barnardo’s service in London on May 22 as part of a Ramadan campaign to support the UK’s leading children’s charity. Mariah, who rose to prominence in 2015 as the UK’s first Hijabi model through a high street fashion campaign, is taking part in #FastForADay, an influencer-driven campaign to raise awareness of Barnardo’s work in the British Muslim and wider BAME communities. She met the team at…

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Barnardo’s publishes relationships and sex education recommendations and calls on Government to issue RSE guidance

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s welcomes the Department of Education’s revised safeguarding guidance published  on Thursday 17 May which includes advice on how to deal with sexual violence and harassment in school. While the leading children’s charity supports the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ advice, it is urging the Government to publish its consultation on the guidance on relationships and sex education (RSE) as soon as possible.   The charity is also unveiling its own research with young people today on what they want from RSE lessons, which includes nine key recommendations to the…

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Barnardo’s awarded funding to evaluate the needs of imprisoned ex-Armed Forces personnel and their families

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s has been awarded £91,707 from the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) to assess the needs of ex-Service personnel and their families who are serving, or have served, a custodial prison sentence. Focusing on the Southwest and West Midlands areas, the project will access the connections that Barnardo’s have already developed in prisons, the Criminal Justice System and Armed Forces charities. The 18-month study will consist of interviews with ex-Service personnel and their children and families to ascertain the need, unmet need, the availability of support services and the impact…

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