Monthly Archives: October 2017

Beecholme Survivors – please get in touch

Posted on 2017, October, 31 by cathy fox blog on Child Abuse

Please get in touch with beecholmesurvivorsandjustices@gmail.com if you are survivor or ex resident of Beecholme childrens home. Fellow survivors need your help. Children were sent there from Lambeth, Islington and Wandsworth Councils Please also note that Beecholme Survivors are attending … Continue reading →

Posted in cathyfoxblog, Child Abuse, Child sexual abuse, Childrens home, Council Social Services, Islington, Islington Council, Lambeth, London, Wandsworth | Tagged Beecholme, Beecholme Survivors, Child abuse, Child sexual abuse, Childrens home, csa, Islington, Islington Borough Council, Islington Council, Lambeth, Lambeth council, London, paedophile, paedophilia, pedophile, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Council, wandsworth council meeting | 11 Comments

LANDMARK RULING: Foster Children Can Now Sue Local Authorities For Abuse

Posted on 2017, October, 20 by cathy fox blog on Child Abuse

Originally posted on Researching Reform:
A Supreme Court ruling which has overturned previous precedent and made history, will now allow children abused whilst in foster care to sue the local authorities that placed them. Those who have been abused, as…

Posted in Child Abuse, Child sexual abuse, Court, Nottinghamshire, Other bloggers | Tagged can, Child abuse, Child sexual abuse, Council, court of appeal, csa, foster, foster children, natasha ames, nottinghamshire county council, paedophile, Sexual abuse, Social Services, sue | 6 Comments

[Le7] Lewisham Council – Whistleblower Documents 3 – “After Leeways” Report

Posted on 2017, October, 15 by cathy fox blog on Child Abuse

The “After Leeways” Report published on March 19th 1987 was the main response of Lewisham Council to the arrest in Dec 1984, charging on 4th Jun 1985 and subsequent imprisonment of Officer in Charge of Leeways Childrens Home, Ronald Cooper … Continue reading →

Posted in cathyfoxblog, Child Abuse, Child sexual abuse, Childrens home, Council Response, Council Social Services, Freedom of Information Request, Lewisham, London, Missing Information | Tagged After Leeways, After Leeways Challenges, After Leeways Report, Ann Darcy, cathyfoxblog, Changes and Achievements, Chief Executives Report, Child abuse, Child sexual abuse, Childrens home, Clive Jordan, csa, FOI request, John thompson, Leeways Inquiry, Leeways Inquiry Report, Lewisham, Lewisham Council, Lewsiham Borough Council, London, london borough of lewisham, paedophile, paedophilia, pedophile, Richard Dore, rosemary evans | 2 Comments

Submissions to the Investigation into Knottfield Childrens Home, Isle of Man

Posted on 2017, October, 13 by cathy fox blog on Child Abuse

I made these submissions in August to the Social Affairs Policy Review Committee investigating child abuse at Knottfield. I make it public now because I believe it is important that wider public should know what happened, and because I know … Continue reading →