Pindown: List of documents released by Staffordshire Council Oct 2015
Pindown: List of documents released by Staffordshire Council Oct 2015 There is much documentation here and I have not had time to read the documents yet never mind get them into a blog and give links for each set. However go to this link for the FOI request and where the documents can be found [5] on the reply of 1 Oct 2015 Below the brief timeline is the covering letter listing documents released in reply to a FOI request in 2015. Some people who suffered Pindown have contacted me, and I will help to try and get a survivors group off the ground. Please contact me in confidence on cathyfox@bigfoot.com, if you have any information or wish to be in contact with others from Staffordshire or Pindown. Two areas that formed survivors groups, Nottingham and Shirley Oaks, Lambeth managed to have enough support to persuade the Goddard IICSA Inquiry to investigate their area. I believe that Staffordshire victims and Pindown victims have a good case to be considered in future by the Inquiry, considering that the Levy Kahan “Pindown” Report failed to find sexual abuse that a few years later was shown to be going on by good police work on Operation Thor. I expose this in my post Pindown, Operation Thor and the cover up of Child Sexual Abuse in Staffordshire’s Childrens Home [3] . However victims and survivors will need to join together to get action. Contact me on cathyfox@bigfoot.com Timeline 1991 May The Pindown Report by Levy and Kahan was originally published. Copy now online 2013 [1] 1991 June 14 The Report of the Director of Staffordshire Social Services and Draft Action Plan re Levy & Kahan Pindown Report goes to Staffordshire Child care sub committee. See Cathy Fox Blog Pindown: Initial Response and Draft Action Plan [4] or pdf download [2a] 1992 Jan 14 The Progress Report since Levy & Kahan Pindown Report of the Director of Staffordshire Social Services goes to the Social Services Committee. See 2016 Jan 21 CathyFox Blog Pindown: Staffordshire Council Progress Report Jan 1992 [6] or pdf download [2b] List of Documents Requested- (most released) 1. Report to the Child Care Sub-Committee 14th June 1991, Report of the Director of Social Services, “The Pindown Experience and the Protection of Children” – Initial Response [4] 2. Social Services Committee 14th January 1992, Report of the Director of Social Services, “The Pindown Experience and the Protection of Children”: Report by Mr Alan Levy and Mrs Barbara Kahan [6] FOI Request for information below [5] Information located 1. Child Care [Policy] Sub-committee – Meeting minutes 14 June 1991 – ATTACHED · Attendance Located & copied · Agenda Located & copied Please note: The source of the information that you were originally supplied with was from a ‘department copy’ of the minutes. The source of the ‘official copy’ of information we supplied to you would appear to be contained within the minutes of the Social Services Committee held on 19^th June 1991 appearing as item 8 on the agenda “Minutes of the Child Care Policy Sub-Committee – 14 June 1991…”. However, the appended copy of the minutes of 14 June are headed “Report to the Child Care Sub-Committee”. Copies from the Social Services Committee minutes are enclosed to illustrate this. The requested sub-committee record of attendance & agenda are headed “Minutes of the Social Care Child Care Policy Sub-Committee Held on 14 June 1991”. Sources: Staffordshire Record Office · Staffordshire County Council Social Care Committee, 19 June 1991 – 6 September 1991 SRO Ref. CC/B/132/20 · Child Care Policy Committee, October 1990 – June 1991 SRO Ref. CC/B/151/1 2. Social Services Committee – Meeting minutes 14 January 1992 – ATTACHED · Attendance Located & copied · Agenda Located & copied Source: Staffordshire Record Office · Staffordshire County Council Social Services Committee, 30 October 1991- 18 March 1992 SRO Ref. CC/B/132/21 3. Staffordshire County Council meeting – Submission of Action Plan for consideration by full council - ATTACHED Located in meeting minutes of the Council 8 July 1991 · Attendance Located & copied Note: The minutes contain both a list of those present at the commencement of the meeting & following an adjournment (present at 2:30 following which report of the Social Services Committee was considered Note: contains both list of those present at the commencement of the meeting & attendance following an adjournment listing those present at 2:30 following which report of the Social Services Committee was considered. · Agenda Not contained within bound volume of minutes · Relevant part(s) of minutes Located & copied · Resolution & adoption of Report of Social Services Committee Items 238 & 239 · Extracts from report - Appendices I including recommendations & draft report submitted for Council approval& appendices to Appendix I Source: Staffordshire Record Office Staffordshire County Council Minutes of Proceedings, 9 May 1991 – 27 February 1992 SRO Ref CC/A/64 4. The District Auditor’s report on Fundwell – (This file is too large to send via email, it is however publically available to view at Stafford Record Office. Contact details are below) · Agenda & Director of Social Services Report 14 January 1992 · Report Source: Staffordshire Record Office The “Fundwell” Organisations, Report of the District Auditor to the Chairman and Members of Staffordshire County Council Under the Terms of Section 15(3) of the Local Government Finance Act, December 1991. G.W. Sutton, District Auditor. Please note: The report has been located in two sources: · Staffordshire County Council Social Services Committee, 30 October 1991- 18 March 1992 (Bound with minutes) SRO Ref. CC/B/132/21 · Child Care Enquiry (sic) Special Committee, 10 July 1991 – 9 July 1992 (Separate ring bound volume within bundle) SRO Ref. CC/B/167/1 5. Referenced source (1) dated June 1991 – Child Care [Policy] Sub-Committee Action Plan 15(d) - Action Plan First Annual Report - Action date July 1992 (See request 7 below) · Progress report referred to 15(d) does appear to be the same as the first annual report that is also referred to in the copy of information previously provided from departmental copy of Social Services Committee 14 January 1992 6. Referenced source (2) dated January 1992 – ATTACHED Progress Report 26(c) – Progress Report to Social Services Committee – No Action Date · Progress report – Possibly located in reports of Director of Social Services, Agenda item 9d, Social Services Committee 12 January 1993 (& information copied) Source: Staffordshire Records Office · Staffordshire County Council Social Services, 12 January 1993 – 17 March 1993 SRO Ref. CC/B/132/23 7. Referenced source (1) dated 1992 – Social Services Committee Action Plan 15(d) - Action Plan First Annual Report - Action date July 1992 (See also request 5 above – Both sources appear to reference the same “first annual report”) The following volumes of Social Care Committee minutes& associated reports have been searched but no obvious ‘progress report’ found (unless same as referred to in answer to Q8 below): · SRO Ref. CC/B/132/21 – October 1991 – March 1992 · SRO Ref. CC/B/132/22 – May 1992 – December 1992 · SRO Ref. CC/B/132/23 – January 1993 – March 1993 8. Referenced source (2) dated January 1992 – ATTACHED Progress Report (24) (Function & role of Social Services Committee Structure) – Progress Report to Social Services Committee – No Action Date Located in: Social Services Committee Meeting 18 march 1992 · Attendance Located & copied · Agenda Located & copied · Relevant part(s) of minutes – Located & copied · Agenda item 9 – Reports of Director of Social Services 9(f) Review of Social Services Committee structure and associated Member activities (Joint report with County Clerk and Chief executive) Source: Staffordshire Records Office · Staffordshire County Council Social Services, 30 October 1991 – 18 March 1992 SRO Ref. CC/B/132/21 Availability Records of the proceedings of Staffordshire County Council, its committees & sub-committees are made available at the Stafford Record Office. The links below will work and refer to the documents above, but will not do so in a new window. Most documents above available via this link [5]
1.Child Care Policy Sub committee.pdf 481K Download View as HTML
2.Social Services Committee.pdf 322K Download View as HTML
3.Action Plan for consideration by full council.pdf 2.9M Download View as HTML
6.Progress Report.pdf 863K Download View as HTML
8.Progress Report to Social Services Committee.pdf 1.4M Download View as HTML
Worth reading is CathyF0x Blog Pindown, Operation Thor and the cover up of Child Sexual Abuse in Staffordshire’s Childrens Homes [3] and some other pindown documents on cathy fox blog [7] Some people who suffered Pindown have contacted me, and I will help to get a survivors group off the ground. Please contact me in confidence on cathyfox@bigfoot.com, if you have any information or wish to be in contact with others from Staffordshire or Pindown. Two areas that formed survivors groups, Nottingham and Shirley Oaks, Lambeth managed to have enough support to persuade the Goddard IICSA Inquiry to investigate their area. I believe that Staffordshire victims and Pindown victims have a good case to be considered in future by the Inquiry, considering that the Levy Kahan “Pindown” Report failed to find sexual abuse that a few years later was shown to be going on by good police work on Operation Thor. I expose this in my post Pindown, Operation Thor and the cover up of Child Sexual Abuse in Staffordshire’s Childrens Home [3] . However victims and survivors will need to join together to get action. Contact me on [cathyfox@bigfoot.com] Apologies that is not workigng at the min try staffs@cathyfox.33mail.com Please note that victims of abuse may be triggered by reading this information. These links are generally UK based.
The Sanctuary for the Abused [A] has advice on how to prevent triggers.
National Association for People Abused in Childhood [B] has a freephone helpline and has links to local support groups.
Other useful sites are One in Four [C]
and Havoca [D].
Jim Hoppers pages on Mindfulness [G] and Meditation [H] may be useful.
Hwaairfan blog An Indigenous Australian Approach to Healing Trauma* [J]
Links [1] 2013 Nov 16 CathyFox Blog The Pindown Report Released online https://cathyfox.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/the-pindown-report-released-online/ [2] 2013 WhatDoTheyKnow FOI Request Council Response to Pindown Inquiry #Pindown https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/council_response_to_pindown_inqu#incoming-709110 [2a] 2013 WhatDoTheyKnow pdf download. 1991 June 14 The Report of the Director of Staffordshire Social Services and Draft Action Plan re Levy & Kahan Pindown Report goes to Staffordshire Child care sub committee https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/180557/response/694440/attach/3/201507290907.pdf [2b] 2013 WhatDoTheyKnow FOI pdf download. 1992 Jan 14 The Progress Report since Levy & Kahan Pindown Report of the Director of Staffordshire Social Services goes to the Social Services Committee https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/180557/response/694440/attach/2/201507290906.pdf [3] 2015 May 14 CathyF0x Blog Pindown, Operation Thor and the cover up of Child Sexual Abuse in Staffordshire’s Childrens Homes https://cathyfox.wordpress.com/2015/05/14/pindown-operation-thor-and-the-cover-up-of-child-sexual-abuse-in-staffordshires-childrens-homes/ [4] 2016 Jan 20 Cathy Fox Blog Pindown: Initial Response and Draft Action Plan. 14 Jun 1991 by Staffordshire Council to Pindown Report https://cathyfox.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/pindown-initial-response-and-draft-action-plan-by-staffordshire-council-to-pindown-report-14-jun-1991/ [5] 2015 Oct 15 WhatDoTheyKnow Council Response to Pindown https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/council_response_to_pindown#outgoing-508866 [6] 2016 Jan 21 CathyFox Blog Pindown: Staffordshire Council Progress Report Jan 1992 https://cathyfox.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/pindown-staffordshire-council-progress-report-jan-1992/ [7] Cathy Fox Blog Staffordshire Pindown Documents https://cathyfox.wordpress.com/?s=pindown [8] [A] Sanctuary for the Abused http://abusesanctuary.blogspot.co.uk/2006/07/for-survivors-coping-with-triggers-if.html [B] NAPAC http://www.napac.org.uk/ [C] One in Four http://www.oneinfour.org.uk/ [D] Havoca http://www.havoca.org/HAVOCA_home.htm [E] SurvivorsJustice Triggers post http://survivorsjustice.com/2014/02/26/triggers-what-are-they-and-how-do-we-work-through-them/ [F] SurvivorsJustice Blog http://survivorsjustice.com/ [G] Jim Hopper Mindfulness http://www.jimhopper.com/mindfulness/ [H] Jim Hopper Meditation http://www.jimhopper.com/mindfulness/#cultivate [J] 2016 Jan 5 Hwaairfan blog An Indigenous Australian Approach to Healing Trauma*https://hwaairfan.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/an-indigenous-australian-approach-to-healing-trauma/ This is all written in good faith but if there is anything that needs to be corrected please email [cathyfox@bigfoot.com ] not working for some reason try staffs@cathyfox.33mail.com cathyfox the truth will out, the truth will shout, the truth will set us free “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing” – Edmund Burke