‘Living on a Railway Line’ reaches 94 countries around the world

SicKids was inspired by our Founder Andrew’s work following his Winston Churchill Memorial Trust fellowship in 2014, and his highly acclaimed report, Living On a Railway Line. Andrew’s report has now been seen in 94 countries around the world and viewed almost 7900 times in 2015. Andrew says: As 2015 draws to a close I’ve been …

Trustees engage workshop on empowering practice & inspiring innovation

  Today our Founder, Professor Andrew Rowland, and Director of Nursing, Dianne Cook, participated in the second ‘Empowering Practice and Inspiring Innovation’ event on child abuse at MediaCityUK today, which was hosted by the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and Salford University, sponsored by NHS England. The aim of the event was to discuss and …

House Of Lords Debate – Heath: Children & Young People

We’re delighted that there appears to be growing support for some of the recommendations in our Founder, Professor Andrew Rowland’s report, ‘Living On A Railway Line’. The British Medical Association recently voted to adopt the following new policies derived from Andrew’s report: To support an enhancement of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Pro-bono Medical Panel …

SicKids establishes board of Trustees and vision

Today we held our first meeting in which we established the SicKids Board of Trustees, and defined our vision and objectives. We aim to empower communities to support children to have every chance of good health, happiness and protection from harm. We also committed to operating ethically with the following values: Integrity Openness Fairness Compassion …

Andrew lectures at special event in honour of Winston Churchill

Today our Founder, Professor Andrew Rowland, gave a lecture at a special event at Sir Winston Churchill’s birthplace of Blenheim Palace, hosted by the Duke of Marlborough’s sister (Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill), to mark the 50th anniversary of his living legacy – The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (WCMT) – and 50 years since his death. Other …

Andrew meets the Queen

Our Founder, Professor Andrew Rowland, attended a Reception at Buckingham Palace, hosted by Her Majesty The Queen today. Andrew was invited to the event, where he met senior members of the Royal family, to discuss his 2014 report ‘Living On A Railway Line’, aimed at turning the tide of child abuse and exploitation in the …