As we mark Social Work Week themed ‘Compassion and Action’, Families In Harmony reflects on the gaps in understanding among public sector professionals – social workers, psychologists, education establishments, for Black and Asian heritage children’s experience in the children’s care system.
The UK government has announced a £75 million compensation scheme for LGBT+ veterans dismissed under the pre-2000 “gay ban,” offering payments of up to £70,000. This long-awaited decision, championed by Fighting With Pride, acknowledges the profound harm inflicted by this unjust policy, which devastated countless lives and careers.
Beth has over 12 years’ experience of providing support services to children and young people. She manages mentoring services across Birmingham which support their emotional, mental, and social wellbeing. Beth has her own lived experiences of childhood trauma, homelessness, issues with the education system, and (child and adult) mental health issues, including living with bipolar disorder. She is passionate about using these experiences to inspire others who have experienced trauma and issues with their mental health. Beth shares her thoughts on Bipolar representation in Channel 4’s new comedy Big Mood in this guest blog.
Siobhan Down is the Founder and CEO of Yellow Brick Road Projects. Having experienced poor education, homelessness, debt, exploitation, exclusion, Siobhan now supports young people who face similar experiences to find their seam of GOLD to amplify their voices so that everyone can hear what is going on. Here Siobhan reflects on the weight of those experiences of young people.
Members of our Future Voices network, our partnership programme with The Voice of Domestic Workers feature in a new BBC World Service documentary about their experiences of being mothers and migrant domestic workers. Here, Carol shares what it was like to take part in the project and share her story.
A new report by King’s College London and a group of trafficking-survivor co-researchers found Filipina domestic workers were facing “double trauma”: first at the hands of traffickers, and later through neglect by support services on their return to the Philippines – at times with fatal consequences.
Today we are excited to announce our new cohort who will be taking part in our 2023 Spokesperson Programme for grassroots leaders with lived experience of social injustice and inequality.
Debs Teale is an advocate of creativity in health following her own remarkable journey. Having been in the mental health system for most of her life and heavily dependent on medication it took an art class to totally transform her life. In this guest blog she writes on why she has a passion to promote everyone having a voice and a choice in their own care.
