* Adoption of Coloured Children
* Relationship of Children with Coloured Adults
* Preparing a Coloured Child to Meet Racial Prejudice and to Come to Terms With His Col our
* Relationship of Staff with Immi grant Children
* Religious Training of Coloured Children
* Education towards Integration
* Restoration of Coloured Children
* Aftercare, Employment, Lodgings, and Marriage of Coloured Young People
* Views of Coloured Young People
* Coloured Children and Fundraising
The working party report wholeheartedly recommended that;
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* all homes should be multiracial
* more black staff should be recruited
* all white staff should be educated about immigrant children’s backgrounds and cultures
Exerts:
‘The practice of Dr Barnardo’s has always been to provide appropriate help, whenever circumstances have appeared to warrant it, for any child for whom a protestant upbringing is desired. The colour of the child has never been a factor affecting the decision to help or to decline a case. In this report the word ‘coloured’ is used in its widest sense, and refers to those with one or both parents not of European descent.’
‘Before the War there were, however very few coloured children in our care. The numbers began to increase towards the end of the War and have continued to do so until 1965.’
* In 1961, Barnardo’s had 6,962 children below school leaving age in its care – 15.07% of these were black.
* In 1965, Barnardo’s had 7,423 children below school age in its care – 20.01% of these were black.
* Some Barnardo’s homes had no black children present, others had large percentages – as is still the case today, geo graphical location played a big part.
* The average proportion of black children in Barnardo’s homes at this time was thought to be around 44%
* One home in Derbyshire housed 80% black children.
Today
Modern day Barnardo’s runs a diverse range of projects and a significant amount of those work specifically with black communities.
Barnardo’s projects working with black and minority ethnic communities
Barnardo’s has projects that:
* work with black pupils excluded from school
* support black women affected by domestic violence
* provide family centres, playschemes and crèche
* run community based services for children who are disabled
* provide a range of family, individual and groupwork services.
* work together with faith groups to develop community services
* run specialist fostering services * run parenting support groups
Barnardo’s facts and figures today:
* Barnardo’s works with over 11,000 children from BME communities on a yearly basis
* Barnardo’s runs a diverse range of 415 projects nationwide, 30 of which work
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