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Show-stopping Monte Carlo evening in aid of RB-Norwich
Red Balloon’s Monte Carlo Ball
Where: Holiday Inn, Cromer Road, Norwich
When: Friday 17th September 2010
Red Balloon response to Ofsted warning over 'untracked' children
Some children are not being educated because local authorities are often unable to track youngsters who are not being taught, inspectors have warned.
Founder & Chief Executive of Red Balloon Dr Carrie Herbert responds to this report in the Guardian today.
Is your child avoiding bullying at school by avoiding school?
Parents and Carers
1. Is your child out of school?
2. Are they too frightened to go to school because of bullying?
3. Are they getting a full-time education?
David Cameron to launch Tories' 'big society' plan
Prime Minister David Cameron is set to launch his "big society" drive later.
In a speech in Liverpool, he is expected to promise to train more community organisers, allow charities to consult civil servants and use dormant bank accounts to fund projects.
Student Presentations at Merseyside
Students at Red Balloon Merseyside present the work completed in the past term to Carrie Herbert and Ruth Loshak, parents and staff.
Audit Commission report suggests that Neet problem 'may be worse than previously thought'
More teenagers in England may be out of education, training or work (Neet) and for longer periods than previously thought, a study has suggested.
An Audit Commission of 10 areas suggested that one-in-four 16- to 18-year-olds were categorised as Neets at some point in a two-year period.
Of those - dubbed 'forgotten teens' in the report - 43% were Neets for at least six months.
MP upset at school bosses’ charity snub
Preston’s MP today hit out at education bosses for knocking back an approach from a charity that supports badly bullied children.
Mark Hendrick tried to set up a meeting between himself, County Hall schools chief Coun Susie Charles and members of Red Balloon, a Preston education centre for kids forced out of mainstream schools due to severe bullying.
But the Labour MP was left upset after Coun Charles declined to meet them to discuss Red Balloon’s work.
http://www.lep.co.uk/community/mp_upset
_at_school_bosses_charity_snub_1_805275
Red Balloon reception at the House of Commons
Red Balloon celebrated another successful year at the House of Commons Terrace Pavillion. Hosted by The Rt Hon David Blunkett MP and sponsored by Bovis Lend Lease, it was a wonderful evening attended by over 160 friends and supporters.
Thanks to Geraldine Norris for organising yet another successful Red Balloon event!
Red Balloon Warwick Website
Red Balloon Warwick launches it's own website. www.redballoonwarwick.co.uk
Red Balloon response to 'research showing bullying link to child suicide rate'
Red Balloon responds to a charity report that 44% of suicides among 10 to 14 year-olds may be bullying-related.
Red Balloon Chief Executive Dr Carrie Herbert says: “Red Balloon is disturbed by these findings. That children and young people feel suicide is their only option is tragic, desperately sad and a terrible indictment of how society continues to fail the vulnerable. This is why we need a Red Balloon Learner Centre in every major town and city in the UK. Government must act now."
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