Against the Vetting Database
We believe that the Vetting Database is a misguided response to a small number of tragic, but fortunately rare, incidents involving the abuse of children. Over a third of the adult working population... continue reading »
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"Position (eg teacher/parent/volunteer) Grandparent This country needs more people who try - not more people who control - this creeping micromanagement is not what I require from government.."
"ludicrous over-reaction by paranoid government"
"Position (eg teacher/parent/volunteer) Retired Have worked with children & young people all my working life but wouldn't dream of volunteering these days!"
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"Position (eg teacher/parent/volunteer) Volunteer and parent If we're ever going to win the football World Cup again, the government must think again on this."
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"Position (eg teacher/parent/volunteer) concerned human being The money wasted on such a vetting scheme could be far more positively employed, for example by funding after-school clubs."
"Position (eg teacher/parent/volunteer) Volunteer My local scout group decided when a child has their 18th birthday they move from being a potential victim to a potential abuser and they are asked to leave!! Nice birthday present. This has to stop"
"Position (eg teacher/parent/volunteer) teacher for craftsmanship I am German and in Germany similar checks to CRB begin getting obligatory. This will seriously poison any normal everyday relationship between adults and children. The German school system "
"Position (eg teacher/parent/volunteer) Morris dancer/folk singer I do wonder where this is going to end. Will people like me have to be vetted if we want to go into schools to tell children about their national heritage?"
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"Position (eg teacher/parent/volunteer) writer I am never alone with children. I am always with large groups of children with other adults present. I do not believe anyone in this situation is a threat to children."
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"Position (eg teacher/parent/volunteer) [Cllr] we should be doing far more to protect the children in'care'"
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"Position (eg teacher/parent/volunteer) Lecturer in Politics, St John's College, Oxford, and co-founder of the Manifesto Club This is a further example of the way the government wants us to live all aspects of our lives through licence - it will do nothin"
"Position (eg teacher/parent/volunteer) Charity trustee We are in the position of having to choose between onerous compliance measures or just restricting our activities to exclude children."
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