MY CHOSEN CHARITY

Make a loan.  Change a life.

I've worked in education welfare for over 25 years. My priority has always been on making sure that colleagues in schools and local authorities know the relevant attendance law and follow the required guidance, but also that they recognise the need for sensitivity in how they are applied. Schools should be compassionate, creative places, not a constant battleground.

So I may not always tell you exactly what you think you want to hear. But I will offer you an informed and independent voice that gives you real practical help in carrying out your statutory duties and seeks to promote creative solutions for those children and young people who most need them.

Use the CONTACT ME page or e-mail or phone. See WHITTER for my thoughts on education welfare issuses: Currently: 'Some summer holiday reading' and 'Where now after Platt'?

ALL INFORMATION AND ADVICE PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE, AND IN RELATED RESOURCES AND EVENTS, IS  GIVEN IN GOOD FAITH AND IS TRUE AND ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF. HOWEVER NO LIABILTY IS ACCEPTED FOR ANY ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES ARISING THEREFROM OR FOR ANY IMPLICATIONS OF UNINTENDED ERRORS.  I HAVE BOTH PUBLIC LIABILITY AND PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE.

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Ever wondered whether there might still be a place for a personal spirituality, even if you don't believe in a God? I  also write on 'Christian Humanism' as a hobby. All religions, their gods and their values, are human attempts to help us to understand ourselves. We created them; they weren't handed down from above. So is there  anything left of any value in Christianity if you strip away all the doctrinal baggage and outdated assumptions about the way the world is? You decide.