The focus and aim of the CDS (CIC) is to allow children and young people to have a clear voice within the UK Safety Tech and social care sectors. It will also act as a body that can lobby Government and drive forward the two connecting agendas of the digital safety tech and social careContinue reading “Children’s Digital Safeguarding (CDS) – the safeguarding digital co-design centre for children and young people.”
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Does all learning have to take place in a school?
The education system has been challenged in such a way that the fundamental preconceptions of the system itself are being re-written. We are at risk of overloading our educators and overwhelming our learners. Mental health has become a great concern during the pandemic and will have lasting effects for decades to come. There is noContinue reading “Does all learning have to take place in a school?”
How best to combine information currently held and make it accessible for public use
By providing ready access to the metadata from all the various information databases that the U.K. currently holds on its citizens and using it to its fullest potential there will be a substantial improvement in the value for money provided to taxpayers. Combining this ready access to the metadata (access to individual personal information wouldContinue reading “How best to combine information currently held and make it accessible for public use”
Spend our way out of this crisis, don’t politicise the debt.
Thousands of completely viable businesses, large and small have suffered and may go under due to no fault of their own. People and organisations need financial help. The cost of vaccines and medical equipment is colossal. To protect our nation and be a strong leading light in the world going forward we could decide asContinue reading “Spend our way out of this crisis, don’t politicise the debt.”
The answer is having more than one basket of eggs in your possession.
As a household, or even as an individual, if you only have one meaningful source of income, (your job), and if you cannot consistently raise enough through this mechanism, then logically you need to consider a second income source. We all know, or knew, someone who had a day job and then worked a coupleContinue reading “The answer is having more than one basket of eggs in your possession.”
Volunteer holiday teaching for catch up
I believe as a teacher to ensure that children do not fall behind due to this pandemic we take advantage of the school holidays and the new found online teaching skills teachers have acquired. I think that if schools were empowered to highlight the children they feel are most at risk of falling behind inContinue reading “Volunteer holiday teaching for catch up”
NHS Hero Parks to boost activity, improve health and build a sense of community
Create new NHS Hero country parks for every town, linked to the town and to other parks by footpaths and cycle ways. The parks should have space for walking and sports and provide performance and catering facilities for use by community groups and local businesses to stage free or affordable events such as food festivals,Continue reading “NHS Hero Parks to boost activity, improve health and build a sense of community”
Buzz stops!
The pandemic forced us to evaluate and, hopefully, appreciate our local environment. Hitherto under-utilised parks became a throng of activity and provided an invaluable resource to give us the physical and mental resolve to overcome the straightened times. We need to add to that. We need to add ecological complexity and improve our local environment.Continue reading “Buzz stops!”
Employ doctors and nurses from Japan
Covid exposed serious deficiencies in the Japanese Healthcare system and many doctors and nurses now want to leave the profession. Japanese standards are high and these individuals will be well trained. Britain is seen as a great place to live in Japan and many of these who choose to leave the professions or are thinkingContinue reading “Employ doctors and nurses from Japan”
How can economies and central banks recover from highly elevated levels of indebtedness post Covid?
Given the large – and arguably unsustainable – quantum of sovereign debt held by central banks around the world (Federal Reserve, ECB, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, etc.) perhaps there could be a solution whereby the G20+ group of countries meet and agree to a one-off coordinated proportional reduction in debt held by theContinue reading “How can economies and central banks recover from highly elevated levels of indebtedness post Covid?”
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