Essentially Samantha

  The Archbishop of Canterbury has resigned, after a review found his failure to alert authorities to historic abuse in 2013 may have prevented prolific abuser John Smyth being brought to justice. Inside the Church these days we can all agree that culture change is needed within the Church Of England, but will a new leader bring about that change quickly? There is much needed conversations within the higher echelons of clergy about power and control, not just safeguarding that needs to happen. The Archbishop is now facing those thoughts about whether he should face charges for keeping quiet about the most appalling of abuses. It goes to say that this silence has been costly to Welby who now will be remembered for his lack of action and secrecy, rather than the Archbishop who crowned the King. Justin Welby is a human being and as humans we all get things wrong. Granted Welby will face disciplinary action but we need to remember that he has family and friends who are in this mess too...

 Paul 13. has ADHD, Autism and type 1 Diabetes. We sent him to school only for school to completely fail him. One teacher told me to my face that Paul was a burden. His mental health suffered incredibly at school. He had a EHCP and meetings were called by the senco who in the end ended up asking me what she should do! Eventually Paul became suicidal and was told he should wait a few more years before he could do Forest School. So what were we to do while we were waiting? Paul didn't have time to kill, he couldn't wait any longer so we had no choice but to take him out of school. Special education schools said Pauls level of education was above what they could offer, yet mainstream school couldn't provide him with a suitable education. I took him out of school in February 2024, the local authority tried to disrupt his home education but we got together with other home educating families and joined supportive networks who told us our rights . We have not heard from the local ...