by David Niven | Aug 5, 2022 | charity, Children, Children & Social Care, disability, education, Latest Episode, Mental Health, Podcasts, safeguarding, schools, Uncategorized
Grantown Remakery is a small but important charity which I talked about, a year or so ago, with George Livingstone as the guest.It seemed a good idea to see how they weathered the pandemic and did George have views on how the wider community could support the causes...
by David Niven | Jul 19, 2022 | charity, Children, Children & Social Care, government, humanitarian, Latest Episode, Media, Podcasts, safeguarding, Social Work, traffiking, Ukraine, Uncategorized, victim, war
Marina Lypovetska, head of 116 000 in Ukraine and head of projects in NGO “Magnolia”, board member of International Federation Missing Children Europe, talks to me about her work and the huge challenges they face. The difficulties of tracing missing...
by David Niven | Jul 14, 2022 | charity, Children & Social Care, humanitarian, International, Latest Episode, Podcasts, safeguarding, traffiking, Ukraine, Uncategorized, war
Barnardo’s Ukrainian helpline has been operational since March 2022 and now gets over 800 calls per week. Those calling have changed from UK families with practical questions to now, when far more refugees with complex reactions are asking for help....
by David Niven | Jun 28, 2022 | charity, Children, Children & Social Care, crime, education, government, International, Latest Episode, Media, Podcasts, safeguarding, Social Work, social work education, traffiking, Ukraine
Carolyn Housman is the CEO of Children and Families Across Borders ( CFAB) the UK’s only NGO with a dedicated international social work team, Children and Families Across Borders http://www.cfab.org.uk, which alerts social services and professionally assesses...
by David Niven | Jun 9, 2022 | Children, crime, Diplomacy, humanitarian, International, Latest Episode, Media, Podcasts, safeguarding, Social Work, Ukraine, victim, war
I talk with Professor Lena Dominelli on Ukraine. We talk of her new book ‘Putin’s War in Ukraine’ and the challenges of reconstruction and disaster management. She is a qualified social worker and holds a Chair in Social Work at the University of Stirling....
by David Niven | May 23, 2022 | charity, health, humanitarian, International, Latest Episode, Mental Health, Podcasts, Social Work, Ukraine, Uncategorized, victim, war
Professor Johnston Hong-Chung WONG is a welcome return guest. He co-founded —Social Workers Across Borders in 2005 and talks of social work in mainland China and Hong Kong. Since then, this ,mainly voluntary, charity, has responded to tsunamis, earthquakes and...
