Following the launch of the awareness campaign there has been encouraging take-up from the media. Please see the following links:
· The Observer on Sunday – http://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/jan/17/legal-aid-cuts-divided-familes-contact-centres-closure
· We’re on the Mail Online!! Fantastic, as a massive circulation of around 100 million and read by lots of parents
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2916035/Cuts-close-child-contact-centres.html
· Also some regional pick up as a result of the Press Association piece
http://m.newsguardian.co.uk/news/national/cuts-close-child-contact-centres-1-7057815
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-6e82-Cuts-hit-kids-with-separated-parents#.VLyvV4b47CR
· Elizabeth Coe and Sarah Avery from Cheltenham ccc can be heard on BBC 5 Live and it can be found here at 1 hour 20 mins in http://www.bbc.co.uk-/programmes/b04yg8f3
Elizabeth was interviewed by LBC presenter Sheila Fogharty on 19th January 2015.Listen to the podcast.
Kathryn Anderson Co-ordinator at Eastbourne Family Contact Centre describes the reactions of children meeting a parent that they may not have seen for six months or more.
Poignant interview on BBC Radio Sussex (22/1/2015). (Fast Forward to 3:39:15 to hear Kathryn’s interview)
