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And a Merry Christmas to Researching Reform too.
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GREAT BLOG
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Merry Christmas & a successful New Year and thank you for all your hard work and commitment to child protection let us hope the ‘powers that be’ catch themselves on for the sake of all our children and generations to come xx
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Thank you…. here’s to a better year for children xxx
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In the early 80s i set up and organised hostels in Hackney for the homeless people who were mostly from the care system, and although the charity as does all homeless charities receive every year running and capital costs and yet no homeless person was allowed a bed for the night unless they paid for it, nothing has changed, 2 years ago in the early hours i was filming on the streets of London the homeless people again most from the care system, I asked them why do you not stay for the night in Shelter i was told it was dirty and they could not afford to pay.
I have told Governments for 40 odd years the truth lies with the Nation, but do they listen NO and now here we are yet again winter time with adverts on TV using the homeless people to beg for money when the charities have the money, it is not only the homeless from the care system it also affects people from the prisons, some years ago many Victorian psychiatric hospitals were closed down with Governments stating we have to give people their freedom, then the hospital was used to build expensive apartments such as the one in Barnet north London.
I have seen and worked with the homeless people and i write with truth, it is about time charities were investigated.
Maggie Tuttle.
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yes Maggie i must agree.they are all up to the same old trick of collecting money from the public using the sympathy and guilt card.
Cancer Research put people on tv Ads crying and talking all about how they are so greatful they survived Cancer after treatment etc. what the Ads dont tell the public is that Cancer Research very likely had nothing to do with the treatment these people received. it was almost certainly the NHS that provided it. but the Adverts make it sound like it was Cancer research uk who saved their lives. its all wrong and as you say these charities need investigating for misleading the public and collecting funds that nobody where it goes. Just like the Family courts TRANSPARENCY is the only way forward if honesty and accountability are to be adhered to.
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That was meant to read – collecting funds and nobody knows where it goes.
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Just a thought for all those mothers who have been refused when asking for a chance to wish their children a merry Xmas by phone,by email or by post.Think of their distress when the “SS” refuse to forward xmas presents to children who are told their mum does not love them or want them so “don’t expect to hear from her at Xmas !” Christmas is the time of year when social workers find it easiest to alienate bewildered children from their parents by pretending that their parents want nothing to do with them ………..
It’s a sad sad world for some and a lot of cash for others profiting from the misery of distressed mums and dads………………….;
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Absolutely Ian.
in relation to this issue some very interesting information has just surfaced on News channels around the world over the past 10 days. the Pentagon in the USA admitted that they have been Secretly studying UFOs sighted by Military personnel from Jet fighters etc. the Man in charge of that Unit who resigned from his position in Oct 2017 has now come forward and said the objects they have been studying are of an Advanced nature and not anything that we have. he also said the Data suggests we may not be alone.
there is more to follow in 2018. if it turns out to be true that Advanced Extraterrestrials are here watching us and if we can make contact with them it could change everything. the implications could be truly Mind blowing.
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