Report to the People
11th September 2006
Giving
Time
The
most precious gift you can give a child, the cliché goes, is time.
But, cliché or not, the lengths to which busy working parents go to make
time for their children shows we recognise there’s some truth in it.
Spare
a thought, though, for those kids who never have a parent there for them; who
don’t have a mother or father worthy of the name; who are consistently let
down, ignored or neglected.
Who
has any time for them?
Well,
there are those who’re ready to listen and think hard about these children’s
best interests: the volunteer panel members of the children’s hearing system.
When
young people are in danger or get into trouble, it’s the panel members’ job
to decide how to sort them out. This
doesn’t take a list of qualifications as long as your arm, but it does demand
experience, a good dose of common sense and the ability to handle the
responsibility of making big decisions about a young person’s life.
While
Inverclyde has many public-spirited individuals who are already panel members,
new recruits are always welcome. And,
as the three panel members who make up a children’s hearing cannot all be male
or female, they need more men to sign up.
So,
if you have time for vulnerable young people and want to find out more, why not
go along to the information evening in the Municipal Buildings at 6:30 tonight?
To reserve your place, call the Clerk to the Children’s Panel Advisory
Committee on 712111.
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