Britain’s first parent-led Truth Commission looking at children’s social care is holding its next monthly Zoom meeting tomorrow, on Thursday 9th February, from 5pm to 6pm.
Attendees can get involved with the work of the commission and ask its members questions about the commission during these calls. We’d love you to join us.
This month we’re holding our regular session for families affected by the child protection system, in which we share updates about the commission’s work and ask for your feedback and suggestions. We are also inviting attendees to tell us what they want to see from the commission in 2023.
During the event you can ask the commission’s lead Michele Simmons, and commission team members Simon Haworth and Natasha Phillips (Researching Reform) questions about the commission’s current projects.
We regret that we can’t discuss attendees’ individual cases, as reporting restrictions currently prevent third parties like commissions from talking about cases in a public setting, but we would very much encourage those present tomorrow to tell the commission how they feel and what they think about the child protection system and the family courts.
Families and children in need of immediate help can access the free support services on your “My Support” page on the commission’s website.
The call will take place on Thursday 9th February from 5pm to 6pm on Zoom.
If you would like to attend the event, please email the team at truthcommissionuk@gmail.com. The team will also give you information about how to access the conference.
Please confirm you would like to attend the event in your message, and let us know if you are a care-experienced child or parent, social care stakeholder, government affiliate, academic, journalist or member of the public.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Additional links:
- Commission website
- Current available guides (Free to read)
- Free Booklet: Children and their families have rights
- Families’ testimonials
Researching Reform 
Re reporting restrictions I beg to differ !
As long as you mention no names or places nobody can stop you reporting essential details of the case but CHANGE THE NAMES of the judge ,the social Worker ,the parents,the children,and the county in which it occurred and the basic story can remain intact with fictional characters in a fictional place.Naturally you explain why names have been changed but not the facts !
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We know who is attending, so that’s not right Ian. This is a live session, not a written one.
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JUDGE MUNBY STATES IN PARA 70 OF RE J A CHILD ……………
In the first place, I simply fail to see how naming the local authority, the
social workers, the local authority’s legal representative or the children’s guardian, or
even all of them, can in any realistic way be said to make it “likely” that J will be
identified, even indirectly. The risk is merely fanciful. But if this is so, then inclusion
of reference to them is apt to mislead. The casual reader may think that the order
prohibits the naming of any of them. The more careful reader will realise that this is
not so
Anyone attending and addressing a public meeting can protect themselves by giving a false name and explaining why !
Re j a child is a very long judgement but it tends to give a lot more freedom than merely the above
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There is much more to this, but the guidance on the post stands.
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