This week there have been alarming reports of the state of children’s health in the UK. The Academy of Medical Sciences published a new report on the worsening health of under-fives, highlighting that the UK is 30th out of 49 rich countries for infant mortality. It also found that: One in five children falls short …
FET and the RAF Club: A Notification to Members from our Director (from our December Bulletin)
The following notification statement was included in our December Bulletin to members. — It is with regret that I must inform you that, after just over 40 years of our Annual Conference taking place at the RAF Club, we will sadly not be able to return there in the future. The reason for this …
GB News interview on No Outsiders
FET Communications and PR Officer Lucy Marsh spoke to Patrick Cristys on GB News on 20th November, in a debate against LGBTQ rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. The interview concerned the relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) provider No Outsiders, which has introduced books into primary schools which teach children about gender identity. Commenting on ‘Introducing …
Mobile phones and child safety
The Government has announced this week that they will release new guidance advising headteachers to ban the use of mobile phones in schools. The news comes after many other countries have done the same, with countries such as France, the Netherlands and Italy all banning the devices and seeing marked improvements in exam results, overall …
The kids are not alright
One of the largest and longest running studies of social attitudes, the World Values Survey, has found that UK families value their child’s “self-expression” more than the importance of children doing what they are told. The number of British people who thought that children should be taught obedience fell from 42% in 1990 to just …