The Children’s Society Magazine | Spring 2009 |
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In brief
TLC leads to MBE
They voted. We won
Chief executives from charities all over
Tender loving care – after 14 years working social workers, teachers and health
the UK elected The Children’s Society
for The Children’s Society, that’s something care professionals to make sure that
as Britain’s Most Admired Charity in the
Jenny Frank, Programme Manager of our that the voice of young carers is
Third Sector Awards in November 2008.
Bob Reitemeier, Chief Executive of
Include Project in Hampshire, still has in heard in the development of policies,
The Children’s Society, received the
bucket loads. And it earned her an MBE practice procedures and standards
trophy, commenting:
(Member of the British Empire) medal in which relate to young carers and
the 2009 New Year Honours List. their families.
Described by her fellow workers as
‘
I am pleased that the efforts
But it’s not a one-woman initiative and, of everyone – individuals and teams
enthusiastic, dedicated and patient, Jenny responding to her MBE, Jenny praised
– across the whole organisation
works with young carers and has seen her team, saying:
Include’s Annual Young Carers Festival
have been recognised in this way.
grow from 600 to over 2,000 attendees in
just eight years.
Young carers are children and young
‘
I would like to pay credit Children’s charities took two of the four
available awards and Bob highlighted
’
to all my staff who deliver
that it was particularly important that
people who care for parents or siblings
the work with such passion
the work of children's charities had
who suffer from chronic illness or disability;
children who are denied a childhood by the
and commitment, to the
such a high profile at this time of
economic downturn.
obligations they feel to care for others.
tenacity of the young
Many of these children are bullied and
carers who we work
When the country faces the kind of
face social exclusion and often poverty.
uncertain financial future that we
Our work with young carers and their
with and to the many
‘
do today, it is organisations such as
families ensures that they are given a
chance to get out, mix with other children
supporters who have
The Children’s Society that need to
and enjoy their childhood. worked hard on our
step up and take a lead in defending
Our Include Project works nationally across
behalf over the years
the disadvantaged.
England and locally in Hampshire with Jenny Frank
’
.
’
Support – thanks, we can’t do without it
As the credit crunch continues and Ashfield, made her own giant Christingle young people who run away from home
people and communities begin to tighten costume to help explain the meaning of each year. Sections of the scarf will now
their belts (see page 15), fundraising by Christingle to the congregation, resulting in be distributed to our projects or recycled
our supporters becomes increasingly her appearing on national television news. in exchange for cash.
important.
Finally, the Diocese of Baths and Wells
A big thank you goes to all churches, this year celebrates its 1,100 year
groups and supporters who joined our anniversary and, as it’s supported
Christingle 40th anniversary celebrations The Children’s Society for the past 100
during the 2008/09 years, who better to be the official charity
season. With more of the anniversary celebration year, than us?
orders for materials this
year, we estimate that Look out for events throughout the year
over 6,000 services for families and friends and join us at
took place and we hope Meanwhile, supporters of The Big Stitch Glastonbury Abbey for a fun filled activity
to raise over £1million have been working away for the past few day on 4 July. For the walkers among you,
from service collections. months, knitting patches of our giant scarf there will be a sponsored Corner-to-Corner
and collecting sponsors as they go. We walk taking place on 19 September and
Reverend Kate Bottley, have broken our record, receiving over finishing in the Bishop’s Palace grounds.
curate of a group of 100,000cm of knitting. Each centimetre Visit www.bw1100.org.uk for more
villages in Sutton-in- represents one of the 100,000 children and information.
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