‘RACISM FROM THE TOP DOWN’ – BOYCOTT THE SCHOOL CENSUS

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Student and tagged activism, Against Borders for Children, anti-migrant sentiment, awareness raising, boycott, Brexit, child safety, childhood, children, Community, data, data collection, department for education, deportation, direct action, discrimination, Early Years Census, education, england, FOI, government, hate crime, Home Office, immigration policy, institutional racism, Lord Storey, May 18th, media, migrant children, migrants, migration, National Pupil Database, national union of teachers, nationality, nicky morgan, parents, polling, prejudice, privacy, racism, school census, schools, Schools ABC, state violence, survey, teachers, theresa may.

by Against Borders for Children

“…this proposal has all the hallmarks of racism…Children are children, and to use their personal information for immigration enforcement is disingenuous, irresponsible, and not the hallmark of a tolerant, open and caring society”
– Lord Storey

Against Borders for Children (ABC) is a coalition of parents, teachers, schools and campaigners. Our aim is to reverse the Department of Education’s (DfE) policy to collect country of birth and nationality information on 8 million children in England in order to ‘create a hostile environment’ for migrant children in schools, primarily by encouraging a mass boycott of the School Census.

MORE THAN A BEST FRIEND

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Perspectives and tagged anxiety, assistance dogs, childhood, depression, disability, disabled, Ehlers Danlos, ehlers danlos syndrome, guide dogs, mental illness, Perspectives, PTSD, service animals, service dogs, symptoms, therapy dogs.

by Alice Thomson

We’ve all heard it said that dogs are man’s best friend. It appears to hold true – in the UK one in two households owns a pet and in 2015 it was estimated that the pet population stood at 8.5 million dogs and 7.4 million cats. With so many of us owning and loving our pets, the idea that dogs can be more than faithful companions isn’t that surprising. The ones who know that the best are likely the 7000-plus disabled people in the UK who depend on assistance dogs for care ranging from alerting those with epilepsy of an oncoming seizure, guiding the blind, or helping someone with limited mobility to perform daily activities. They are even used for therapeutic needs, often for those suffering with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety or depression.