If any of you break stuff after reading the title of the post then please don't send me the bill - I'm just doing my bit by highlighting the issues. And remember I'm on your side.
The Times (you know-the newspaper run by that oh so nice Mr Murdoch?) has been running a campaign for a while now to make adoption easier. Well the government this week appointed Martin Narey, former Bernado's boss, as 'adoption Czar'. His first act has been to produce an overview of the problems which the adoption service currently faces and The Times has used this to highlight what they refer to as 'social worker apathy'.
You may think that this isn't a great week to be publicising a moral campaign in a newspaper owned by News Corp and you may be right, but any of you dealing with children in the care system will probably be interested in the outcomes.
Because The Times is pay-per-view online I cannot provide a link straight to the articles but you can see them all by using our newspaper database called Newsbank. I used the keyphrase, "adoption czar" to find relevant results. If you need any help with using Newsbank then just ask.
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Showing posts with label Newsbank UK. Show all posts
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
The Times online and "adoption apartheid".
This post is about 2 things really but they are linked.
Okay. The first thing is that The Times yesterday ran a story highlighting the disparity in waiting times between white and black children looking to be adopted. This story is part of a broader campaign which The Times is currently running to look at how adoption is run in the UK. Now usually I'd give you a link to The Times website but I can't because The Times online is now subscription only. It's the first newspaper in the UK to go this route but I'm prepared to bet it won't be the last.
Now for the good news. I've mentioned a database called Newsbank before but it's worth repeating because of this story. Newsbank is a database which just has full-text newspaper articles from the UK. There's a 24 hour publication delay but yesterday's article from The Times is now available.
One more thing. The report which The Times was quoting from is the statutory guidance given to adoption agencies published by the Department of Education. So click here to see the report and click here to arrive at the log in screen for Newsbank UK.
Okay. The first thing is that The Times yesterday ran a story highlighting the disparity in waiting times between white and black children looking to be adopted. This story is part of a broader campaign which The Times is currently running to look at how adoption is run in the UK. Now usually I'd give you a link to The Times website but I can't because The Times online is now subscription only. It's the first newspaper in the UK to go this route but I'm prepared to bet it won't be the last.Now for the good news. I've mentioned a database called Newsbank before but it's worth repeating because of this story. Newsbank is a database which just has full-text newspaper articles from the UK. There's a 24 hour publication delay but yesterday's article from The Times is now available.
One more thing. The report which The Times was quoting from is the statutory guidance given to adoption agencies published by the Department of Education. So click here to see the report and click here to arrive at the log in screen for Newsbank UK.
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