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The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a British child protection charity founded as the Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (LSPCC) by Thomas Agnew on 19 April 1883. The NSPCC lobbies the government on issues relating to child welfare, and creates child abuse public awareness campaigns.
Following Childline's merger with NSPCC in 2006, Childline Scotland was run by Children 1st under contract, available to all young people in Scotland up to 18 years of age. It had at that time bases in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. [9] The Edinburgh base has since closed. As of March 2012, Childline Scotland is run directly by the NSPCC.
Each branch of the NSPCC and ISPCC had an inspector who was paid a salary and was provided with a house that doubled as a local office. [2] Their job was to investigate child abuse or neglect. [2] They were nearly all men and were recruited from the ranks of retired army personnel and police. [2] Each answered to a local committee of volunteers ...
Benjamin Waugh (20 February 1839 – 11 March 1908) was a Victorian era social reformer and campaigner who founded and directed the UK charity, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the late 19th century.
In the second circle, representing the zone of proximal development, learners cannot complete tasks unaided, but can complete them with guidance. The zone of proximal development ( ZPD ) is a concept in educational psychology that represents the space between what a learner is capable of doing unsupported and what the learner cannot do even ...
Holland-Martin was part of the NSPCC for over 50 years, serving as chairman of the Central Executive Committee for nearly two decades (1969 - 1988). [1] During her decades with the charity, she played a crucial role in the establishment of the NSPCC's position as Britain's leading child protection organisation and helped to engineer its development into a modern professional body.
The Learning Zone was the solution to this problem. The idea had been around for a while: by 1995, ITV was operating as a 24-hour channel, freeing up their prime time and daytime schedules. The BBC attempted producing specialist television overnight by launching BBC Select .
A Small Learning Community (SLC), also referred to as a School-Within-A-School, is a school organizational model that is an increasingly common form of learning environment in American secondary schools to subdivide large school populations into smaller, autonomous groups of students and teachers. SLCs can also be physical learning spaces.