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Dear Editor, Dear Editor,
I live in London and knife crime is becoming You work with children and young
a more worrying and threatening issue. Is people from many different walks of life.
this something that you are working on? How do you decide who is most in need
Dear Editor, Mary, London
and what projects to run?
The Government seems to have other Husam, Newcastle
financial priorities but in light of the
We believe it important to try and
credit crunch, what are YOU doing
prevent children’s involvement with Research and evaluation are key
knives and gangs at an early age. We are aspects of The Children’s Society’s
about child poverty?
in the process of setting up pilot projects work. Our national research team works
David, Birmingham
with two partners, the nia project and alongside frontline professionals and
Makeda Weaver, in Greenwich, Lewisham, local authorities, to discover which
We are a founding member of a coalition Hackney and Haringey. The projects will communities are most in need, what
of over 120 organisations united to demand work to reduce the number of young particular issues arise and what we
that the Government keep the promise to women and men committing gun, gang can do to make a positive difference
end child poverty by 2020. We know first- and knife related crimes. The projects on a national and local level. We will
hand the effects that poverty can have on will include intensive support and set up a project, after extensive research
children and with our experience and participatory group work for young into the needs of that area and
knowledge, we will continue our work and women; preventative group work for sometimes without government
campaign so that government funding is young men; and the development of a support. This makes us unique.
not reduced and that children and their national toolkit and training programme
childhood does not become the victim to enable other professionals to
of the impending recession. replicate our practice.
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1 What is the name of the Chief Executive
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5 For which group of young people was one of
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our Programme Managers, Jenny Frank
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awarded an MBE for services to? (6)
8 In the ‘Focus On’ article, New Londoners
18 support young refugees and which other
marginalised group? (4)
9 What pastime did supporters do, to help
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with our appeal, The Big Stitch? (8)
10 In which city does our Harbour project work
with young refugees struggling with
psychological distress? (6)
15 In the ‘If I ruled the World’ article, who doesn’t
deserve thousands of pounds? (11)
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18 In the ‘letters’, what kind of crime is Mary
2 In which inspection did Wiveliscombe
12 The Children’s Society won the Most _?_
worried about? (5)
Children’s Centre score ‘good’? (6)
Charity Award in November 2008. (7)
19 In the ‘Archive’, what does the picture suggest
3 On which Saint's day can you ‘Bake and
13 Which Christingle anniversary did
is the best way of keeping healthy? (8)
Brew’ for The Children’s Society? (6)
we celebrate last December? (8)
20 At which festival do we send ‘Leaves of Life’
4 Who wrote about The Children’s Society
14 In Sue’s interview, which town is the project
resource packs to Churches? (6)
being a safe investment? (7)
based in? (6)
6 Which ‘Sunday’ is on the 22 March
16 In 2008, at which Flower Show did
this year? (9)
The Children's Society have a garden? (7)
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