It’s that time of the year when the Voice of the Child Conference is almost upon us, and this year it takes place on July 23rd, with the theme of “Effective Participation: Make it happen – Make it better.”
Whilst we have absolutely no clue who wrote the article announcing the conference on the Cafcass website (which is a little unfortunate as they talk about themselves in the first person), the day is set to be designed so that professionals can reflect on their practice and find ways to make it better. President of the Family Division James Munby will be in attendance.
Researching Reform are champions of this conference – it is the only one around dedicated to the Voice of the Child – but now that they are in their fifth year, we need to see some measure of its impact. Tell us what changes have been made as a result of the annual meetings, how children are responding to the system and what benefits have accrued five years on from the conference’s inception.
It must surely be time.
Researching Reform 
Re cafcass the voice for the child is a load of bull and what was amazing was that on the 24th July 2014 the day before the conferece of “children screaming to be heard” on the 25th July, was that cafcass must have been concerned and put together very quickly their conference as it had not been well advertised cafcass as all know are just as corrupt as the whole system is and even if a kid tells the judge of their wishes and wants, the judge passes the buck back to the SS, this evidence we have, but Munby and the rest of them will say this that or other and nothing will change and there will be more meetings and as they say changes “In a child’s best interest” then off they all go and the kids forgotten, none of them in Governments really care because if they did no kids would be abused.
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As usual parents are routinely prevented from calling character witnesses including their own children.Parents are told suddenly that the children they love and who love them no longer wish to see them but are not allowed to ask them if this is really true !
The truth cannot come out as long as such parents are prevented from calling them as witnesses on the grounds that the children would suffer emotional harm if they did come to court.Any emotional harm suffered by the children when 3 or 4 squad cars arrive at their home at 6.30am and uniformed police grag them out of bed (even on Xmas day!) to dump them with strangers is ignored.The children who want to come to court suffer more trauma by being denied the opportunity than if they were allowed to go.Children should never never be gagged !
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Reblogged this on World4Justice : NOW! Lobby Forum..
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Going to family court is like watching the 3 cup and ball trick on a massive scale. A confidence trick to take money by fraud. It matters not if it’s legal aid or grandparents cash, it’s gone! The child too! Deception because most lay people don’t know the rules when they enter the court and therefore are unaware of what is really going on behind the smiling faces of the social workers & cafcass. Nor do they know the things the judge is looking for and so often go down another path. The family courts should close as they are not fit for purpose, families are not on a level playing field, which is one of the fundermental steps of justice according to the magna carta. Something which is being ignored in family courts!
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Most CAFCASS agents simply copy and back up the social workers feelings and comments.
I have seen documents where CAFCASS agents say domestic violence does no harm to children and recommend these same children live with their abuser.
When challenged one actually had himself declared “dead” and then suddenly resurrected for another case.
The children ended up running away and living rough rather than live with their abuser.
This went on for 5 years.
Their education slipped down to zero – but neither social workers nor CAFCASS came to rescue these children- screaming to be heard is such an apt title.
The children are adults now and deeply traumatised- left home totally to escape.
This was court ordered abuse all thanks to CAFCASS agent who was supposed to speak on their behalf. Clearly he did not speak for the children or deliver their wishes but chose to play dead instead.
I understand this sounds insane, but the documents are all there to prove truth re playing dead, etc.
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