Making space for children to be heard

Each month, the safeguarding experts at Thirtyone:eight help us to keep those in our care safe, as well as our policies and procedures sound.

A renegade Rabbi wows crowds on the scrubby hills of Palestine. His manner and teaching captivate even the youngest among them. “Don’t bother the Rabbi,” say a throng of men towering over the littles ones – their voices scalding. But Jesus says: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these” (Matthew 19:14).