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BBC Panorama 11/0/23 - The Dark Side of Ballet Schools | Panorama informs viewers that schools have 'strict guidelines for staff behaviour and safeguarding for children.' | 'Strict guidelines' is an oxymoron. The value of guidelines without law is zero

.@TimesRadio 9.7.23 - Inexplicably, Jay was not asked about IICSA's hobbled big ticket recommendation for #MR which is incapable of delivering improvements present in other jurisdictions. It fails children, parents and staff alike.

22.6.23 bbcr4 #WATO (2) - CofE safeguarding crisis. To respond Arch Bish Council put up @AlisonCoulter1. Montagu asked relentless questions until Alison's script ran out. Then not having subject expertise, a painfully awkward tumbleweed moment occurred

22.6.23 bbcr4 #WATO - CofE safeguarding crisis. @BirkenheadBish gives an interview that should alarm the Archbishops Council. Montagu - "Is the church less accountable..?" Conalty - right now yes it is. CofE seems to favour 'goldilocks' accountability

#r4WomansHour 24.5.23 - Prof Alexis Jay former Chair of IICSA complaining about the Home Office response to the inquiry which of course was sponsored (paid for) by the Home Office.

3.4.23: LBC | James O'Brien speaks to Mandate Now about the Home Secretary's announcement for the introduction of alleged #MR of child sexual abuse. The interview reveals the claim is not quite what it seems

#r4today 9.1.23 - In Dark Corners, South Africa - Alex Renton and Nicky Campbell discuss the fourth episode of the series that will be broadcast tonight. Abusees who have managed to get non-recent abusers to court will recognise so much in the interview.

Home Affairs Committee Oral evidence: Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, 30.11.22. HC 916. Tim Loughton cracks a joke at 26" about the Govt not accepting the IICSA recommendations. His 'joke' does not appear in the transcript of the meeting

Lord Sharpe repeating a statement by the Home Sec (du jour) made earlier in the HoC. The debate that follows starts at 6.56. and contains some interesting input about mandatory reporting. Just two peers seem to recognise IICSA's version of #MR is flawed

24.10.22 - Statement to HoC by Home Secretary - IICSA. These are the full proceedings. It's clear that most MP's think the (unique) model of #MR recommended by IICSA will make a meaningful difference. It won't. It's shockingly poor

#r4today 30.7.22 : Thought for the day : Catherine Pepinster comments on Nicky Campbell publicly disclosing the #CSA he experienced at school; omertà; the catholic church; forgiveness and justice | Culture change cannot be willed, it needs #MR

House of Lords 20.7.22: Baroness Grey-Thompson private members bill to introduce mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

#bbcr4 7/7/22 #indarkcorners. Mandate Now provided a short contribution to this excellent series. Without *statutory* mandatory reporting of known and suspected child sexual abuse, functioning safeguarding in institutional settings is a hollow capability

Times Radio 8.7.22: Cathy Newman i/v's Nadine Dorries about CofE omertà about the #CSA she experienced an an 8 y/o by a vicar friend of the familyCSA she experienced as an 8

Times Radio - 8.7.22: Cathy Newman i/v's Nadine Dorries who tells of the current CofE omertà about the #CSA she experienced at an 8 y/o at the hands of a vicar who was friend of her family friend

bbcr5live 16/6/22: Claire Heafford of Gymnasts for Change and Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson discuss recommendations stemming from the Whyte Review's investigation into abuses of gymnasts.

LBC 10.4.22 - Mandate Now speaks with Shelagh Fogerty about the safeguarding framework which has no legal requirement to report suspected or known child abuse. The discussion was predicated on @SirWiggo disclosing he was groomed by a coach.

27.2.15 BBC3CR - short extract from a Mandate Now i/v with @iainlee about lack of accreditation for safeguarding trainers, or are they pie makers?

LBC 1/2/22 Shelagh Fogarty talks to John O'Brien of IICSA about the CSE report and its recommendations

LBC 21.1.22 - Govt advert encouraging adults to be child abuse aware. Yet the under-reporting of child abuse by all adults including those working in #RegulatedActivities remains ignored. The initiative seems designed to show Govt is doing something.

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. 'Sarah' gets it

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 developed nations. He was unchallenged by @tnewtondunn

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 it works'.

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 functioning safeguarding

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 well-designed MR of known and suspected CSA are unreliable

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 @inquiryCSA publishing its final report

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) + @educationgovuk. Speaking to current parents + pupils assists little

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 therefore ignoring empirical evidence

IICSA #ResidentialSchools Hearing 27.11.20 - Sarah Hannett's closing statement for Ofsted. She again states Ofsted supports #MR. But it doesn't. It has mis-labelled a proposal that's without precedent and which keeps staff as whistle-blowers

IICSA #ResidentialSchools Hearing 27.11.20 - Richard Scorer's closing submission on behalf his core participant clients. Key recommendations: support for abusees, intro of #MR, overhaul of inspection protocols, accreditation of LADOs and their training

IICSA 26.11.20 - Albert Heaney Dep Dir Gen. "All Wal procedures are very clear" except he didn't understand them. He claimed Wal has #MR which "produced no rise in referrals" unlike 80% jurisdictions in RoW which have functioning #MR that all saw a rise

General Synod 25.11.20 - An extract from the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby's response to the survivors of clergy abuse who spoke before the safeguarding debate.

General Synod 25.11.20 - An extract from survivor contributions preceding the safeguarding debate on IICSA's recommendations to the Anglican Church. Gilo explains what he considers needs to be done

bbc #r4Sunday 22.11.20. Until @ukgovernment introduces well-designed #MandatoryReporting the initiatives discussed by Carol Lawrence of the Catholic Safeguarding Review panel are a continuation of the Church marking its own homework

LBC 22.11.20 - Andrew Pierce talks to Jonathan West a core participant in the IICSA Catholic hearing to discuss the report and the future of Vincent Nichols

IICSA 16.11.20 #ResidentialSchools hearing. Opening by Kim Harrison who on behalf of clients cites the litany of child abuse that occurred at Hillside First School, Clifton College and Headlands. Boarding Concern's recommendations are also aired

talkRADIO 11.11.20 - Richard Scorer discusses @inquiryCSA Catholic Report, the cling on inertia of Vincent Nichols and the need for mandatory reporting

LBC 10.11.20 - Core participant in the #CatholicHearing Jonathan West says the church's safeguarding failure goes all the way to the Holy See.

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#bbcr4 7/7/22 #indarkcorners. Mandate Now provided a short contribution to this excellent series. Without statutory mandatory reporting of known and suspected child sexual abuse, functioning safeguarding in institutional settings is a hollow capability

#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 functioning safeguarding

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 therefore ignoring empirical evidence