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National media interest has focused on Eunice and Owen Johns, a couple of Christian faith with 20 years for foster carer experience behind them. When Derby City Council told them that it would have difficulty approving their application to become approved foster carers because of their faith-based belief that homosexuality is unacceptable, they sued for discrimination on religious grounds. On Monday the Court of Appeal ruled against them.
The technical legal justifications of the judges to support this decision hold water, and organisations such as Stonewall have applauded the ruling saying that there should be no place in fostering for people who hold such views. But mainstream religions such as Roman Catholicism and Islam disapprove of homosexuality, and yet it would be outrageous for anyone to claim that all observing Catholics and Muslims should be excluded from fostering. Indeed the shortage of foster carers is often most acute within minority groups. Usually authorities operate a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. In truth this is a fudge, but is there a better way?
On 17 March 2020 a report by Clive Sheldon QC was published. He had been appointed by the FA back in December 2016 to carry out an independent review into allegations of sexual abuse by coaches and scouts working in youth football between 1970 and 2005.
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The Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space Moratorium and Mental Health Crisis Moratorium) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 is due to come into force on 4 May 2021. It’s a snappy title but what exactly is it?
In June 2020 the University of Birmingham published a research briefing exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child protection practice.
Nazareth Care Charitable Trust which operates a care home in Bonnyrigg, Scotland, recently received a fine after a resident at one of its care homes suffered a fatal injury after falling down a flight of stairs.
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