MembersNEWNew in the Members’ Room: John Ozimek takes up the new Vetting Database; Viv Regan presents a film on youth volunteering; JJ Charlesworth has a piece in Art Monthly on the trouble with art education; James Panton discusses ethical consumerism and child protection on BBC Radio. New on the Vetting Blog: Photography in pre-school; Serving police officer CRBed; Checking once, checking twice; Manifesto Club wins government u-turn; Model flying events cancelled. Read on… |
CampaignsCAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION
'Every generation has a crisis of education. This usually takes the form of worries about what should be the content of education for future generations. But a unique crisis seems to have afflicted the government which has set up a Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and a Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS). Spot the missing word? It’s education! For more details and to sign the petition, see the Campaign for education page FREE SPEECH
For more details and to get involved, see the Free speech campaign page THE CASE AGAINST VETTING
The Manifesto Club is campaigning against UK legislation like the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill, which institutionalises distrust. We have produced a number of reports on this issue, arguing for a commonsense approach to child protection that recognises that value of informal interaction between the generations. For full details and to get involved, see the Case Against Vetting page. CELEBRATE THE FREEDOM OF FLIGHT As Heathrow protesters caused delays for families setting off on summer holidays, the Manifesto Club celebrated the freedom of flight. ‘The vast expansion of flight over the past few years – particularly cheap flight – has been experienced as a liberation for millions of people. It is no longer only the well-to-do who can glimpse the canals of Venice or the pyramids of Egypt, or relax on the beaches of Greece. The option of a weekend away in Prague or New York means foreign travel can now easily be fitted into the working week....' For more details and to get involved, see the Celebrate the Freedom of Flight page. BOXED IN: CHALLENGING TWO-TRACK ARTS FUNDING
For full details and to get involved, see the Boxed In page. The Manifesto Club's Artistic Autonomy hub campaigns for greater freedom in the arts, and against restrictive policies and practices such as those highlighted in the report. |
'Enlightenment is humanity's emergence from self-imposed immaturity. Dare to know! Have courage to use your own understanding!' Immanuel Kant 'What characterises man is his extreme abundance of imagination; therefore, that man is a fantastic animal and that universal history is the gigantic, continuous and insistent effort to go, little by little, putting some order into the crazy fantasy.' José Ortega y Gasset |