The document is an from an archive taken from the Hampshire Record Office which includes a government poster published in Britain during the time when WW2 had just began and evacuation process had started to take place. Whilst carrying out research it is important to be able to understand more about the context of this time. To some extent this poster is able to help us with our understanding surrounding some of the details about the evacuation process as well as being able to analyse some of the information that the government provided the citizens with during this time. Whilst trying to understand and develop my research on evacuees and how records were kept and handled, this document specifically is able to provide some insight into the different areas across Great Britain and possibly develop upon this in order to compare and contrast research that is compiled over a period of time.
The title of this document is ‘Important announcement- Dispersal of civilian population’, this clearly shows us that the purpose of the document was to inform civilians and to provide them with important information that was necessary for the majority of the public to read and understand attentively. The first section of the poster is titled, ‘Children under 15’. In this section of the poster, it addresses the issue of children under 15 travelling and how they must be accompanied by their mothers or another responsible adult at all times. This suggests that the
Children Act 1989 – Determines the duty of early year’s practitioners to identify and meet the separate and distinctive needs of children and to keep them safe. It initiated the belief that the child ought to be at the centre of planning and that a child’s well-being and safety are vital when judgements are made concerning them. This act also recognises the accountabilities of parents in keeping their offspring safe. In this act there are two particular segments that relate to the duty of local authority with concern to child protection, these are-
Children Act 1989 – Protecting children’s welfare and to provide services according to the specific needs of children.
Unit 14 AC1.3 Unit 16 AC 1.1 in the table below explain the following legislation and guidance in respect of safeguarding adult’s children and young people.
The convention on the rights of the child 1989- The Convention's objective is to protect children from discrimination, neglect and abuse. It is the principal children's treaty, covering a full range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. It grants rights for children in peacetime as well as during armed conflict, and provides for the implementation of those rights. It can promote anti-discriminatory practice by giving children protection and rights. It can also make sure that children will be given somewhere safe to be; not near any war zones and hazardous areas which could cause ill- health.
Updating policies and procedures to promote welfare and safety of children in the area of authority.
Using the headings provided, briefly describe the key points of each of the following guidelines and legislation. (1.1) and analyse how these guidelines affect the day to day work with young children (1.3)
Respecting confidentiality and sharing information: seeking agreement to share information that is relevant and proportionate while safeguarding children and young people's right to confidentiality as defined in the DPA and in line with local policys
The legislation guidance has been developed in response to: the identification of the right of children as individual, the need to protect vulnerable children and young people, the failure of various organisation working together and so on.
The origin of this source is the boy who was being interviewed by a BBC radio journalist, during the time that the BBC was controlled by the government. This makes the source very unreliable due to the fact that the government would have wanted to to persuade people to evacuate as it was a voluntary decision. Also, I can infer the BBC would have made sure to find a good example of evacuation before they put it live on air which typifies the underlying purpose of the interview, to persuade. However, the source is useful as it is an experience which could be relevant to not only this boy, but also many more around the country. Also, it is quite a balanced source if you look into it in thorough detail.
Women in King County during the year of 2013 were surveyed and the survey showed a wide variety of fertility rates. The American Community Survey surveyed women ages 20-34, 35-50, native born, foreign born, and in labor force in King County. Below are five maps that were classified of equal interval to show the fertility rate in women among the demographics in King County. The choropleth maps were classified of equal interval because it was easily read among the other classification and it indicated the values compared to one another.
This investigation will concentrate on the postcard, addressed to Leila McGee of Kemptville, Ontario. Signed “R.E.B.”, Private Reid Edison Beckett, was a member of the of the 11th Reserve Battalion from the time of his enlistment in September 24, 1914 until the end of the first World War. 1 Before the Great War, Beckett’s military service began with the 56th Lesgar Rifles based in Ottawa.2 Between his service with the 56th Rifles and his enlistment in the 1914, Beckett married and worked as a carpenter in the town of Oxford in Leeds and Grenville Country in Eastern Ontario.3
It is important to reassure children, young people and adults that any information kept about them is confidential and will only be used when necessary i.e. if a children is deemed to be at risk and that it is their right to privacy to keep it confidential, it should be made clear the reasons the information is collected and for what is will be used for. By reassuring parents and children it can make the situation a positive one in that they will understand the reasons are to ensure their safety at all times.
To further justify evacuation and therefore show its success in keeping evacuees safe, source six shows casualties in Liverpool. It shows that the death rate was generally over 100 and even in May 1941, at 1453. Again, this justifies the need to evacuate and the safety achieved through evacuation.