The BBC very kindly interviewed Researching Reform this morning about the way children are viewed inside the Family Courts.
Having discovered our Freedom Of Information request asking the government what had happened to a policy allowing children to speak to judges, the BBC wanted to find out what the government’s response was, and the reasons behind what has become a movement to amplify the Voice of the Child inside the family courts.
We offered the BBC a summary of how the Voice of the Child as a policy measure has evolved over the last eight years, why it is so important for judges to speak and engage with children and the phenomenal benefits of a ‘no cost’ policy which would ultimately make the Family Court much more efficient.
We’ll share the piece with you once it’s published.
If you’d like a quick look at the policy and how it developed, including information on the FOI request we made, you can find out more in our article for Lexis Nexis here.
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No one will take any notice of the children or implement the policy despite recommendations that they do as it won’t suit the intentions and aims of SS and those who conspire with them. Even is the children are allowed to speak to the judge in question about their feelings and wishes it doesn’t mean they will be acted upon as the children will be deemed ti fully understand the situation or circumstances they are in or any implications, whether long or short term. Anything they say could also be twisted let alone acted upon.
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Apologies, just noticed some errors in my previous comment.
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Socail worker won’t let my son have Advacy. And no one has his views he has not left room in four months apart when I visit. It’s secret court’s in East London. My son has not got a voice because they won’t let him discracful. The rest corrupt the whole lot.
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Great work, everything that works towards raising the profile of the unfairness of the Family Justice system and increases the voice of children and parents is a step in the right direction
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