Mandate Now

Sunday Times 5.12.21 - Former pupil of a boarding school provides a grim insight into his time at the setting and the consequences of it for him

Scottish Parliament 30.9.21 - Brian Whittle MSP urgent question to the Deputy First Minister about the 'woeful' delay in setting up the ScottishCAI

#bbcr4Sunday 5/9/21 - former JWs 'Sarah' + John Viney speak about IICSA's #CPIROS report. Absent of statutory legislation a written policy to refer #CSA allegations is an unenforceable expectation....

TalkRadio 4/9/21 - @TrishaGoddard speaks to Richard Scorer about IICSA's #CPIROS report and is 'shocked' to learn there is no law mandating the reporting of suspected or even known child abuse

BBC1 - One O'Clock News 2/9/21 #CPIROS report: Tom Symonds reports that a 'key decision' for IICSA's final report is Mandatory Reporting

LBC 4.8.21 - John O'Brien, Secretary of IICSA, speaking to James O'Brien about the recommendations made in the #LambethCouncil report.

.@TimesRadio 20/6/21 - Robert Buckland repeats @ukhomeoffice spin that E+W are world leaders in child protection (only 1 in 8 cases of CSA discovered). We also don't have #MR which exists in 82% of...

r4Sunday 23/5/21 - Witness A711 to @inquiryCSA calls for #MR. Nazir Afzal the newly appointed chair of Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency agrees and calls on Govt to introduce it ....'because i...

r4Sunday 23/5/21 - Nazir Afzal the newly appointed chair of Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA)

Extract from 'Full Disclosure' 21/5/21 - James O'Brien asks the journalist Peter Oborne about his education - 'utter hell, total misery from start to finish.'

Times Radio 20/5/21 - Nazir Afzal interviewed about his new role as Chair of Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA)

#r4today 8/4/21 - Ms Spielman's depressing responses about Ofsted's *thematic* review into #rapeculture in schools. They screamed the need for the intro of #MandatoryReporting as a key component of...

LBC 29/3/21 - Shelagh Fogarty speaking to Jonathan West about peer to peer abuse that is featuring so heavily in the media

BBC News 17.3.21 - Gary Cliffe Ambassador for the Offside Trust speaking about the @FA Sheldon report into non-recent abuse in football. He calls for the introduction of #MandatoryReporting

Times 10/12/20 - David Aaronovitch talks to A30, an IICSA witness who won a scholarship to Ampleforth. She was sexually abused by the music teacher for three years. Safeguarding policies absent of ...

The detail driven PM announces 'Contract Tasting' / 'Contact Tasting' / 'Contract Tracing' / 'Contact Tracing' Hurrah || £22bn and it still isn't functioning

bbc #fileon4 19/1/21: Women Who Abuse | Passing almost unnoticed was this concise contribution from DfE. When will this alleged new 'strategy' (without #MR law no doubt) arrive? Perhaps close to @i...

IICSA 27/11/20 - Richard Scorer #ResidentialSchools hearing closing statement - #MandatoryReporting of suspicion on reasonable grounds becomes a neutral act

Times Radio 29.12.20 - Robin Dyer head of Ampleforth College on the DfE Restriction order. Those he criticises : Ofsted, North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (@nyscp1) + @educationgovu...

IICSA #LeadershipHearing - Peter Wanless CEO NSPCC. Asked about staff referring a concern says staff *can* report it up the line. Please note it's discretionary. The NGO is against #MR and is there...