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CAMPAIGN:
Cotton Wool Kids Can't Swim
Regulations
that often vary from pool to pool and council to council are increasingly
taking a hyper-cautious ‘cotton wool’ approach to adults
taking their children swimming and are refusing entry to parents
who turn up with their children because of ‘health and safety’.
The question
of child safety in swimming pools and of how many children an adult
takes swimming should be something that is negotiated by experienced
professionals and parents themselves. Only by preventing the over
bureaucratised approach to child safety can we encourage a more sensible
and public spirited approach and get more children swimming. Read
more.
CAMPAIGN:
Adult Solidarity
For
a 'youth' organisation the idea of a campaign for 'adult solidarity'
may seem strange, but we strongly believe that the best way to improve
society for both adults and children is to re-establish trust between
adults. The constant vetting of adults, the litigious culture and
the obsession with 'child safety' is not working - it is neither making
parents feel secure about their children nor creating a positive environment
for socialising young people. Read more.
CAMPAIGN:
Free Play
For
Generation Youth Issues the importance of unsupervised play is being
undermined by unnecessary intervention from adults and the risk panic
of today. Free Play has stuck as a slogan for our work in giving children
and young people the opportunity to experience equal relationships
with their peers and the opportunity to develop meaningful life experience.
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