Lockdown brain – the effects of living in lockdown
Do you ever walk into a room only to wonder why on earth you are there, which forces you to retrace your footsteps, sit down, and then remember what it was you wanted in the first place? Or put the washing in the machine but then forget to add the detergent?
I’ve experienced a few [...]
Government confirms commitment to redress scheme
The Deputy First Minister has reiterated the Scottish government’s commitment to introducing a Bill to provide financial redress to survivors of historical in care child abuse.
John Swinney MSP, the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, wrote to Ms Clare Adamson MSP Convener Education and Skills Committee in June stating that [...]
Hundreds of vulnerable children facing homelessness are left at risk with minimal support
Hundreds of vulnerable children are facing homelessness and without support as a result of a legal loophole, a charity has revealed.
New data published by Just for Kids Law, compiled from freedom of information requests, found that hundreds of vulnerable children facing homelessness are being left to fend for themselves without support in unregulated children’s [...]
10 point plan to help save education of disadvantaged pupils
The National Education Union has proposed a national education recovery plan to the government following an announcement earlier this week that all pupils would not be returning to school for a month before the summer break.
Schools closed on 23 March in response to combating the spread of the corona virus, only remaining open [...]
Working in the office...when your team are working from home
WillisPalmer’s managing director Sarah Stowe on working in an empty office, missing banter and making friends with the local ducks during lockdown restrictions.
We recently bought you our experiences of working from home with pets and children, but for WillisPalmer’s managing director Sarah Stowe, it was a whole different ball game of eerie [...]
Majority of MPs vote for changes to care legislation to remain despite opposition from Labour
The Labour frontbench forced a debate in the House of Commons yesterday urging the changes to care legislation made in response to the COVID-19 to be revoked.
The government published statutory instrument 445 in April in order to make changes to regulations (secondary legislation) relating to the legal protections for children in care as an [...]
