Kids: Child Protection In Britain: The Truth
by Camila Batmanghelidjh /
2017 / English / EPUB
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What was lost when Kids Company imploded last summer? More than
reputations. The charitys founding vision, that there is a gap
called love in how the state responds to abused and abandoned
children, also vanished. In this book, the founder of Kids Company
lays out the thinking behind a model of care that broke the cycle
of neglect for thousands of vulnerable children. She reveals the
true scale of Britain's failure in children's services, making
public two decades of candid exchanges with prime ministers and
senior politicians to explain why the sector has not improved since
Victorian times. She also reveals the deceits used by local
authorities to stop the magnitude of the problem becoming known.
This is a book of hope, however. Calling on a plethora of moving
case histories, it presents the science that gives cause for
optimism; proof that even the most troubled young lives can be
turned around. Looking forward rather than back, the book shows how
a new model of support could be cheaper and far more effective than
existing provision. Kids Company has gone. And yet something like
it must be the future.It is imperative that the breakthroughs in
understanding that came from its work are now shared with the
widest audience. This book is an unusual collaboration between two
outstanding individuals. One author is Camila Batmanghelidjh, who
spent thirty years working with troubled families. The other is an
award-winning journalist, Tim Rayment, who was sent to investigate
Camila but decided instead that the real public interest lay in
hearing her vital, life-changing message.
What was lost when Kids Company imploded last summer? More than
reputations. The charitys founding vision, that there is a gap
called love in how the state responds to abused and abandoned
children, also vanished. In this book, the founder of Kids Company
lays out the thinking behind a model of care that broke the cycle
of neglect for thousands of vulnerable children. She reveals the
true scale of Britain's failure in children's services, making
public two decades of candid exchanges with prime ministers and
senior politicians to explain why the sector has not improved since
Victorian times. She also reveals the deceits used by local
authorities to stop the magnitude of the problem becoming known.
This is a book of hope, however. Calling on a plethora of moving
case histories, it presents the science that gives cause for
optimism; proof that even the most troubled young lives can be
turned around. Looking forward rather than back, the book shows how
a new model of support could be cheaper and far more effective than
existing provision. Kids Company has gone. And yet something like
it must be the future.It is imperative that the breakthroughs in
understanding that came from its work are now shared with the
widest audience. This book is an unusual collaboration between two
outstanding individuals. One author is Camila Batmanghelidjh, who
spent thirty years working with troubled families. The other is an
award-winning journalist, Tim Rayment, who was sent to investigate
Camila but decided instead that the real public interest lay in
hearing her vital, life-changing message.