Christine Townsend

• Poetry / News

  Poetry initiative launched to tackle young people’s low writing rates

  The programme involves engagement with poets and cultural venues

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• News / children

  Birmingham City Council apply to convert house in Bristol into children’s home

  New processes have been put in place at City Hall following the application

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• News / SEND

  Fallout from council surveillance on parents continues

  Bristol's executive director for children & education said she wants "to consider the matter closed"

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• News / bristol city council

  Council staff and politicians exonerated despite surveillance of parents

  An independent report found "no evidence that systematic monitoring took place"

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• News / protest

  Day of action against government plans to restrict legal rights of children with SEND

  "Bristol never shies away from tackling social injustice and that is what we are doing here today"

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• News / Politics

  Greens, Lib Dems and Tories unite to criticise budget amendment

  A Labour amendment on children’s homes has been called "ill-thought through and counter-productive"

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• News / Children's Services

  Bristol’s children’s services continue to improve, new report finds

  An Ofsted report found that “workforce morale is high” in Bristol’s children’s services

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• News / SEND

  New specialist SEND school to open in Bristol

  Trym Valley Academy will provide education for children and young people aged from four to 18

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