A website designed
to educate children
about
Scotland’s
controversial Named
Person scheme has been described in late
October as ‘blatant propaganda’ by critics,
as it aims to convince children that state
guardians will be their ‘friends’.
The
site
said
that
the Named Person
would be like a ‘rosy-cheeked old lady’. This
comes after surveys (described at the time as
‘creepy’ and now suspended) in trial areas of
Scotland
saw
state-sponsored
surveyors
knocking on doors asking people
if they
knew of any children living in the street.
New friend
Pilgrims Friend Society
Stephen Hammersley, CBE, was announced
in late October as the new chief executive of
the Pilgrims’ Friend Society (PFS).
Stephen has been chief executive for the
last
ten
years
of
UK
Community
Foundations, an umbrella body providing
leadership and support to 48 community
foundations across the country. He will take
over the PFS reins from outgoing chief executive Peter Fullarton, who
said
that
the
Society’s vision is challenging and the needs
of its beneficiaries are immense.
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