Cathy Ashley Profile picture
Chief Exec of Family Rights Group, Trustee Parent Promoters' Foundation The Elmgreen School, Lambeth. 2009-16 Chair Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. My own views!
Jun 6, 2019 14 tweets 3 min read
Am perplexed why there was no discussion with @FamilyRightsGp before the DfE announced a new funded research proposal on family group conferences (FGCs are an approach in which the family take the lead in making a plan for the child that addresses social workers' concerns) 1/ FRG: introduced FGCs to the UK; hosts the UK FGC Network; published the FGC Toolkit; runs an accreditation scheme (which Gov funded FRG to develop) for local FGC services to promote high standards; maps/surveys FGC services; & runs a post graduate FGC award with @SalfordUni 2/
Jan 26, 2019 15 tweets 7 min read
Tomorrow is Holocaust Memorial Day #HMD2019 Many of my relatives were murdered in the Holocaust solely for being Jews. Some also survived due to the extraordinary actions of people who showed the best of humanity 1/ The following pays testament to a few of those relatives who were victims of the Holocaust & also to my sister-in-law’s family, who were victims of the Cambodian genocide & 18 year old H’s family murdered in the Sudanese genocide #hmd 2/