Youth group gives Aimee Challenor a role

[jadefinch]

And it's to influence public policy and it's been retweeted by the police

Strange they haven’t seem to have done due diligence as this does not look like a ‘good fit’, nor does the well documented past behaviour of the individual indicate a safe pair of hands. Or maybe they are scared to say ‘no’.

Challenor is known to have no clue about safeguarding, and possibly be incapable of understanding it, and to support child rapists.

Challenor is utterly unsuited to work with any children or young people under any circumstances, full stop.

I hope there will be a major outcry and this 'choice' will be rethought in favour of vulnerable children and young people.

If I had a child using the service I would be deeply worried.

At this point you have to ask a) why does Aimee keep seeking out work with safeguarding children considering her history, b) why do none of these organizations run like hell?

And lets not forget what this says about the police . A quick Google and it's all there.

Most of us have to be careful what we face book etc because our jobs will be at stake. Why is it down to other people to tell the police what they should already know.

Unbelievable.

Countdown to OJ calling all of you homophobes and transphobia in 3, 2, 1...

OJ can call me whatever the hell he likes.

It makes no odds to Challenor being an utterly unsuitable person to work with children. Ever.

Please God tell me Challenor won't have actual access to children?

Apart from anything else Challenor's partner writes CSA fantasy pornography doesn't he?

Oh I’d forgotten about them. Did they get married?

Apart from anything else Challenor's partner writes CSA fantasy pornography doesn't he?

Yep.

Does Challenor also still have a role with the LibDems?

Why does this person continue to get work and why is no one in authority prepared to take a stand. That's not a rhetorical question.

Am not saying Challenor is an abuser but they have been around abusers and their partner writes porn about kids.

I am reminded of how no one stood up to Savile at the BBC and in NHS hospitals. Quite the opposite. He was welcomed with open arms. All this coming so soon after the Me Too/Time's Up movement and after Savile's long career of child abuse was uncovered.

I am NOT saying Challenor is a child abuser. I am saying they should be nowhere near children nor any kind of safeguarding of children.

Being trans does not get you a free pass. Challenor should face the consequences of past and current associations.

Please God tell me Challenor won't have actual access to children?

It's a youth group. My experience of youth groups is limited but the ones I know actively involve their members in policy making so I would assume* that Challenor's role in 'public policy' will involve contact with children.

*I sincerely hope I am wrong with this assumption

Note the age group. 13 - 21. I would hope that any organisation which allows such a wide range of ages to mix freely has robust safeguarding policies. Serisyly what 21 year old wants to hang out with 13 year olds?

I’d love to know what ACs secret is. I’ve seen their twitter feed, how they write, and I’ve seen them speak on videos and i am utterly baffled as to what these organisations are seeing in this person that makes them want to have them on board, as the public face of or as an advisor. There is nothing in the stuff I’ve seen that suggests to me this is an intelligent, articulate individual with a natural flair for PR. Quite the opposite in fact. I just don’t get it. Why are these organisations chomping at the bit to have this person join them (and risk all the negative focus that comes with it) is there a flip side to them that they’re keeping just for private meetings?

Not just a youth group, but one that meets kids at secret locations.

So totally safe.

I share your bafflement. Even if you put aside the many safeguarding and judgement concerns this individual is not exactly the most compelling speaker or writer. My cat would make a better community liason.

I can't find any named people who run that group, nor full names of any staff or mentors.

Is Coventry Leeds pt 2?

AC is due to marry Nathaniel Knight in Dec in Michigan according to the tweet announcing their engagement.

I trust Prism are familiar with the Verita report into the Green Party earlier this year and what it had to say about the party's grasp of safeguarding and about Aimee's judgement specifically. Copy here just in case: www.greenparty.org.uk/assets/images/national-site/Final%20report%20-%20Executive%20summary-%20cover.pdf

What the hell is this organisation thinking?
Are the children and parents involved being made aware of this person’s back story?
And what of that back story, qualifies this person to offer anyone advice on anything related to children?

Isn't chancellor a trans woman? And can therefore do no wrong.
Didn't you all get the memo?