[La2] Clough Report, Lambeth – Michael John Carroll

I have skimmed through the Clough Report [6] in slightly more detail.

There is a mass of information – details, dates places, actions about Michael John Carroll albeit his name redacted.

Mentioned are

• Highland Rd Childrens Home
• Angell Road Childrens Home
• Nottingham Rd Childrens home
• St Edmonds Home, Merseyside

There are connections to Croydon, Wandsworth, Lambeth and Merseyside

He applied for fostering.

He had a criminal record in Merseyside.

Lambeth Social Services Department made available its response to the Warner Committee Report “Choosing to Care”. [What is it?]

If we are to expose the truth about what child sexual abuse went on, these reports need studying, summarising, putting into context and the most useful  enhanced timelines made for the information in each one. This makes the information accessible to more people in an easy form.

This is something that can be done without the need to rely on authorities, on IICSA, the Police, the CPS or anyone. It is up to individuals to do the work and help each other.

Many people moan at the authorities on twitter and other social media. There is much work that can be done to expose child sexual abuse. If people choose to moan that not enough is being done to expose child sexual abuse, feel free to send them to this page or to email me. Each piece of the jigsaw helps to expose the bigger picture as well as helps in connecting pieces.

There is an abundance of work that everyone can do to help expose child sexual abuse. If they choose to not do it, then they are also complicit. Not everyone can do each bit of the work, but there is loads of work to do and each person can do something. If you want child abuse stopped then help to stop it.

Similar work also needs doing on the Harris Report [2] and the South Vale Assessment Centre Report, and many links need organising [3]

See also 2017 Jun 30 Cathy Fox Blog [La1] Lambeth – Clough Report, Harris report and South Vale Assessment Centre Report  [7] . There are always FOI requests to do as well to find out more information and reports

Please feel free to comment below, anonymously if you wish

Please note that victims of abuse may be triggered by reading this information. These links are generally UK based.

• The Sanctuary for the Abused [A] has advice on how to prevent triggers.
• National Association for People Abused in Childhood [B] has a freephone helpline and has links to local support groups.
• One in Four [C]
• Havoca [D].
• Useful post on Triggers [E]  from SurvivorsJustice [F] blog.
• Jim Hoppers pages on Mindfulness [G]  and Meditation [H] may be useful.
• Hwaairfan blog An Indigenous Australian Approach to Healing Trauma  [J]
• Survivors UK for victims and survivors of male rape or the sexual abuse of men [K]
• Voicing CSA group [L] helps arrange survivors meetings in your area
• A Prescription for me blog Various emotional support links [M]
• ShatterBoys -“Male Survivors Of Childhood Sexual Abuse Inspiring change, Through Shared Experience Whilst Building Connections…Together We Can Heal” [N]

Links

[1] 2017 Feb 5 WDTK FOI  Cathy Fox to Lambeth Council Clough Report, Harris report and South Vale Assessment Report https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/clough_report_harris_report_and#outgoing-621302

[2] 1994 Harris Report redacted searchable https://cathyfox.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/harris-report-redacted-search.pdf

[3] 1990 The Enquiry into South Vale Assessment Centre Report  redacted searchable  https://cathyfox.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/south-vale-assessment-centre-redacted-search1.pdf

[4] Operation Greenlight The Brain Lambeth https://webbrain.com/brainpage/brain/0FE31538-2121-8495-33A5-86073BE95DE1/thought/918#-24

[5] 1993 May Clough Report – An Independent Inquiry Commissioned by the London borough of Lambeth undertaken by Richard Clough, General Secretary, Social Care Association pdf download  https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/387608/response/991988/attach/5/Clough%20report%20redacted.pdf re John Carroll, Clough appointed 22 Feb 1993

[6] 1993 Clough Report redacted searchable https://cathyfox.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/clough-report-redacted-search.pdf

[7] 2017 Jun 30 Cathy Fox Blog [La1] Lambeth – Clough Report, Harris report and South Vale Assessment Centre Report https://cathyfox.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/lambeth-clough-report-harris-report-and-south-vale-assessment-report/

[A] Sanctuary for the Abused http://abusesanctuary.blogspot.co.uk/2006/07/for-survivors-coping-with-triggers-if.html

[B] NAPAC http://www.napac.org.uk/

[C] One in Four http://www.oneinfour.org.uk/

[D] Havoca http://www.havoca.org/HAVOCA_home.htm

[E] SurvivorsJustice Triggers post http://survivorsjustice.com/2014/02/26/triggers-what-are-they-and-how-do-we-work-through-them/

[F] SurvivorsJustice Blog http://survivorsjustice.com/

[G] Jim Hopper Mindfulness http://www.jimhopper.com/mindfulness/

[H] Jim Hopper Meditation http://www.jimhopper.com/mindfulness/#cultivate

[J] 2016 Jan 5 Hwaairfan blog An Indigenous Australian Approach to Healing Trauma https://hwaairfan.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/an-indigenous-australian-approach-to-healing-trauma/

[K] Survivors UK website for victims and survivors of male rape or the sexual abuse of men https://www.survivorsuk.org/ and twitter https://twitter.com/SurvivorsUK

[L] Voicing CSA website – http://voicingcsa.uk/ helps arrange survivors meetings in your area. Voicing CSA supports the IICSA and VSCP and works to help adult survivors of child sexual abuse find their voice

[M] A Prescription for me blog Various emotional support links https://aprescriptionforme.wordpress.com/help/#emotionalsupport

[N] ShatterBoys -“Male Survivors Of Childhood Sexual Abuse Inspiring change, Through Shared Experience Whilst Building Connections…Together We Can Heal”.  blog – https://shatterboysuk.wordpress.com/ email – shatterboysuk@gmail.com facebook – https://www.facebook.com/shatterboysuk/?fref=ts twitter – @Shatter_Boys_UK

This is all written in good faith but if there is anything that needs to be corrected or you wish to write to me please email cloughreportjuly2017@cathyfox.33mail.com quoting the article title

the truth will out, the truth will shout, the truth will set us free

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing” – Edmund Burke

“He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.” Charles Peguy

To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men  – Ella  Wheeler Wilcox

Every time we act in the face of fear, we dilute it’s power and increase our confidence – via Gary Havener

Only the small secrets need to be protected, the large ones are kept secret by public incredulity – Marshall McLuhan