Today’s guest blogger is Steve Warner. Steve has a wealth of knowledge around schools and what needs to change within them. I am proud to say that Steve’s views are upheld in the places that I work, and I wouldn’t want it any other way. Steve states that there are professionals still working with young…
Author: outoftheshadows18
My name is Kendra Houseman. I have been involved with Gangs, Exploitation and CSE for over 26 years on many different levels. I am originally from South West London. A complicated background, living in an inner-city estate, and a lack of communication between adults are just some of the factors that lead to me having to make some life changing choices starting at the age of 11. These choices led to many consequences and created “Blondy” the name and person I was known as on the streets of SW London.
#Undiscussable…..Why is it so hard to talk about domestic abuse?
Charlie Webster…where do I start…. She is well known for many things such as being a broadcaster, journalist, an advocate, and a public speaker. Charlie recently gave a TED talk. In 2016 nearly died” after falling ill with a rare strain of malaria at the opening ceremony of the Olympics, shortly after completing a…
Child abuse: 0 – Dentist: 1
There are only 2 humans on this earth who truly know the extent of my dental phobia. Imagine that, only two solitary humans that you could ever openly talk to about your biggest fear. I always speak openly about my dental phobia. Have done for a while. I even wrote “CSE….Do you really want to…
Always a drama, never an ending
I do love a good guest blog, ones that just spill out of nowhere. Today’s guest blogger was created on the off chance. We had a conversation that triggered something in me to say…you should write me a blog…..both of us knowing that it would be deep and raw . My relationship with today’s blogger is hard…
Dust from the PS4….
It had been a looooong day at work. The kind of day that all you want to do is get in, take your shoes off and do nothing. My house is not really like that. It’s a busy house. There have been times when I have got to run my bath at the end of…
I am Every Day people…..
Morning people, I have some treats coming up for you my friends. I had decided to stop the guest blogs for a while, just because I was finding it hard due to time constraints, but the ones that have been sent to me over the last month…WOW. So we are back with the guest blogs….
Dear Blondy…..
Dear Blondy, I have been thinking about this letter for a long time. The things I would say if I could talk to you back then. A lot of it was angry. I am not sure who I was angry at, but I thought it was you. Why didn’t you run? Why didn’t you fight?…
Welcome to the world of George the Poet…Part 1.
If you know me, I mean like personally know me, then you will know how I feel about George the Poet. I have been listening to Georges work (Can I call him George? I’m just gonna go with it) for a long time now …. I remember the first time I heard George the Poet…
To the professionals that don’t turn a blind eye…
I have seen and heard about some awful practice by professionals that work with children and young people this past month. I have seen so many children being failed in one way or another. Some very close to me others I have read about online or seen on the news. Some of these failings are…
I should not write when I am angry.
I am writing this angry, and I probably shouldn’t. Even though I write my blogs straight from the heart, I should not write when angry. But I am. In the past week I have had so many different interactions with people around fatal stabbings. This week. Some I can talk about and some I can’t….
