iM Global Partner’s Post

📢 We have funded 3 independent reports by Robert Gordon University, Combat Stress: The UK's Leading Charity for Veterans' Mental Health & The Veterans and Families Institute at Anglia Ruskin University to investigate how the government & charities can improve access to care for female veterans. 👇 Sarah Atherton MP discusses how our upcoming Women Veterans’ Strategy will implement their findings.

A Sista’s Touch (AST) & DopeOnly (DO) will be hosting our 7th Annual charity 5k run/walk, “We Run Oakland: For Our Children”, to raise human trafficking awareness. The event will be held on Saturday August 24, 2024, from 8am-12pm at Oakland Technical High School. While there are many causes to stand for, WE run and walk for the protection of our children against the greatest human rights violation of modern day time. The most effective way to protect our daughters/sons/grandchildren/nieces/nephews and our community, is to first recognize that human trafficking is a global public health crisis that requires community engagement to make an impact; AND to learn ways you can protect your family and others from the negative consequences to our community. This event is more than just a 5k, it is a family community event, designed to bridge community with resources to help prevent or to intervene where there is on risk of trafficking or exploitation. There are many ways to get involved: YOU can REGISTER to participate, YOU can INVITE others, YOU can DONATE, YOU can VOLUNTEER, and YOU can SHARE the information with family, friends, and professional organizations - We are always looking for Corporate Sponsors. The fight to stop human trafficking begins with YOU! Register now at: https://lnkd.in/gsE_parA Contact us at: [email protected]

A child is not ‘a placement’ and nor is my home. I don’t work with ‘cases’- I work with families. We don’t send children ‘on respite’ we have planned sleepovers. We train many different Local Authorities, agencies and charities who still call children ‘placements’. We have been working hard at changing the use of depersonalising language for 10 years. Much easier (on us) to say, “Such a shame. He has had 22 placements!” No, he has had 22 families, 22 different sets of rules, 22 bedrooms, 22 beds, 22 people he will probably never see again. I looked after 17 children. I didn’t look after 17 placements. Let’s not save our delicate sensibilities, let’s start calling it how it is and giving children the dignity they deserve.

A child is not ‘a placement’ and nor is my home. I don’t work with ‘cases’- I work with families. We don’t send children ‘on respite’ we have planned sleepovers. We train many different Local Authorities, agencies and charities who still call children ‘placements’. We have been working hard at changing the use of depersonalising language for 10 years. Much easier (on us) to say, “Such a shame. He has had 22 placements!” No, he has had 22 families, 22 different sets of rules, 22 bedrooms, 22 beds, 22 people he will probably never see again. I looked after 17 children. I didn’t look after 17 placements. Let’s not save our delicate sensibilities, let’s start calling it how it is and giving children the dignity they deserve.