27 January 2006

Listen up: an interview with Sibs charity

Having a disabled brother or sister can be hard. Siblings of a child with special needs sometimes get teased or bullied at school. They may also lose out at home, where their parents are tied up with caring for their disabled child.

The charity Sibs supports children and adults with disabled siblings. It was featured on the BBC Women’s Hour recently. Sibs is one of the charities recommended by New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) in its report, Ordinary lives: Disabled children and their families.

Click here to listen to the BBC radio report.

Other charities in the headlines

Charities recommended by NPC are regularly in the media. Here is some recent coverage:

• The troubleshooter: (The Times online, 25 January) ‘A 14-year-old girl led a gang that beat a man to death. Was it preventable? ...’ The article looks at the importance of early interventions, and refers to efforts by charities such as School-Home Support, which was profiled in NPC’s report, School's Out?, Truancy and exclusion.
• Three Men Die in Cells:(Sky, 21 January) ‘The deaths of three prison inmates in less than 24 hours have sparked Government probes … Raymond Blowers was found hanging by his bedsheet in Norwich jail, at 7.30pm, Thursday …’
  Juliet Lyons, director for the Prison Reform Trust (PRT), quoted in the piece, believes that suicide in Britain’s jails is closely linked with problems of mental illness. PRT was featured in the NPC report, Inside and Out: People in prison and life after release.
• ‘Up to half’ of care home staff not fully vetted:(Public Finance Magazine, 20 January) ‘The government faces renewed pressure to improve security procedures in care homes in the wake of the furore over sex offenders found to be working in schools.’

Gary FitzGerald, chief executive of Action on Elder Abuse, was interviewed for the article. Grey Matters, NPC’s report on growing old in deprived areas showcased this charity, amongst others.

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