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Thrilled that our Director @JahnineDavis has been appointed to this role! We are also pleased that she will remain Director at Listen Up. We have increased capacity in the team so that our work amplifying marginalised children continues!

Last week, we published new research, carried out by @ListenUpCo and Missing People, exploring Black children and their families’ lived experiences of going missing. The focus of this research was hearing the voices of children and young people themselves, as well as parents of children who have been missing. Here are just some of their reported experiences. If you have been affected by missing and feel that you need support, our free, confidential Helpline is available by phone or text on 116 000.

RT @SkyNews: "When you're a black child, vulnerability is a privilege." A new @missingpeople report has found that black children are disp…

Our director @JahnineDavis will be discussing the Black missing children’s report this evening 20:40pm on @SkyNews

@Nadine_Writes @missingpeople Thank you!

Today we have published groundbreaking research into the experience of missing Black children and their families. Listen Up and @missingpeople worked in partnership to explore an overlooked and unaddressed issue. listenupresearch.org/wp-content/upl…

@ListenUpCo @JahnineDavis Voted. All the best @JahnineDavis . Thank you for all that you do

Tomorrow is the last day to vote for our Director @JahnineDavis who has been nominated for a National Diversity Award! If you haven't voted yet, please take a few minutes to do so today! nationaldiversityawards.co.uk//awards-2024/n…

Following the @TheSun appalling publication regarding the murder of Daniel Anjorin we have submitted a complaint to the independent press standards organisation ipso.co.uk they must always be held accountable, the publication was insensitive & dehumanising

AMAZING NEWS!! Our Director @JahnineDavis has been nominated for the Positive Role Model Award for Race, Religion & Faith @ndawards Nominations close on the 14th May, so please go ahead and vote, vote, vote! nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/awards-2024/no… #NDA24 #Nominee #RoleModel #ListenUP

A year ago we worked with @ListenUpCo to publish data showing the disproportionate amount of people from Black communities going missing, and disparities in response to Black & Asian missing people.   One year on, read about changes that have been made: misspl.co/P3JA50QS3wf

Our Director @JahnineDavis at the @missingpeople charity gala last night. The findings from our Missing Black Children project in collaboration with missing people will be published v soon.

We're delighted to join forces with @ListenUpCo today! Co-facilitating a session on 'Adultification bias and racism' for @hmpps's Youth Custody Service. Harnessing the power of @JahnineDavis and @Brownlaurelle's specialist knowledge and experience to drive meaningful change!🔊

We're working with @ListenUpCo on research into experiences of Black missing children. As part of this we'd like to speak to parents/carers. If you have a Black/mixed Black heritage child who you reported missing (when they were under 18) email josie.allan@missingpeople.org.uk.

Our team are out today delivering our @MOPACLdn evaluated Adultification training to the @premierleague more news to follow…

@ListenUpCo We are currently undertaking research to better understand the experience of young black people whilst missing and how to improve the response: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ListenUpMiss… #blackhistorymonth #BHM2023 (3/3)

As Black History Month ends, we wanted to acknowledge how the issue of missing impacts Black communities. Earlier this year we released a report 'The Ethnicity of Missing People' with @ListenUpCo: missingpeople.org.uk/for-profession… #blackhistorymonth #BHM2023 (1/3)

@YJLCUK Great to see Listen Up’s definition of adultification bias included in your dare to care resource

Care Experience, Ethnicity and Youth Justice Involvement: Key Trends and Policy Implications. The analysis in this study suggests that custodial sentences were at least 8 times more common among care experienced children than those without care experience yjlc.uk/resources/lega…