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- In praise of Barnardo's
Kudos to Barnardo's for daring to resist the Office of the Children's Commissioner's soppy nonsense of token participation by children (CYP Now, 3-9 October).
We should be taking kids seriously, not patronising them by pretending.
I wish Sir Al Aynsley-Green's organisation 11 Million every success, despite its silly New Labourish name. But please, stop being trendy, stop being media-driven and stop patronising everybody.
Please take note other guilty child-related organisations.
Arthur Battram, Derbyshire.
- The funding conundrum
The situation that Mike Thompson, chief executive of Child Base Ltd, outlines regarding funding for children's centres mirrors the experience that we, as a national provider of extended childcare, are facing (CYP Now, 3-9 October).
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