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HOPE INSTEAD OF HANDCUFFS
Our Services:
Crisis Support
No child should be cuffed or in caged vehicles
Why Serenity Welfare
The campaign was launched due to the inhumane practices administered by private secure transport providers for vulnerable cared for children. There is no accountability used in secure transportation and it is an unregulated industry.
Our Services:
Secure Transport Wellbeing
Crisis Support
Our Services:
Dramatherapy
Crisis Support
Why Serenity Welfare
A child or young person does not need to be considered “high risk” for this to happen. When they are being transported, if they display the slightest sign of distress or fear, they risk being subject to such interventions; despite the long-term negative impact they can have on the child’s health, wellbeing, and development.
Why Serenity Welfare
Our organisation provides a wide range of welfare services for vulnerable children and young people experiencing family and community exclusion who are often either on the edge of care or looked after.
Our organisation provides a wide range of welfare services for vulnerable children and young people experiencing family and community exclusion who are often either on the edge of care or looked after.
Music Intervention
Secure Transport Wellbeing
Secure Transport
Why Serenity Welfare
Residential Childrens Home
Wellbeing
The practice of handcuffing or restraining children is condemned by the Children’s Commissioner, the UN Committee against Torture, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; however, many of these UK organisations that transport children or young people will use head control, leg restraints and handcuffing. While some will have a policy to ‘only use handcuffs or using restraining techniques in exceptional circumstances’, there is no recorded reason as to why, meaning there is no accountability. There are also some of these services advertising the use of handcuffs, and hard and soft restrains on their website.
Residential Childrens Home
Dramatherapy
Serenity
Dramatherapy
Music Intervention
Legal Services
Our organisation provides a wide range of welfare services for vulnerable children and young people experiencing family and community exclusion who are often either on the edge of care or looked after.
Campaign Objectives
Serenity Legal Services
Music Intervention
Residential Childrens Home
Hope Instead of Handcuffs
Residential Childrens Home
Hope Instead of Handcuffs
Serenity Legal Services
We work with local authorities and others with responsibility for children and young people across the country.
Our organisation provides a wide range of welfare services for vulnerable children and young people experiencing family and community exclusion who are often either on the edge of care or looked after.
We work with local authorities and others with responsibility for children and young people across the country.
We work with local authorities and others with responsibility for children and young people across the country.
Handcuffs and other methods of restraint are extremely damaging to children; both physically and mentally. All children and young people should be treated with kindness, respect and offered support so that they can reach their potential and lead safe, fulfilling lives.
That is why we launched our campaign in 2021 ‘Hope Instead of Handcuffs’.
Serenity Legal Services
We work with local authorities and others with responsibility for children and young people across the country.
Hope Instead of Handcuffs
Hope Instead of Handcuffs
In the UK, the most vulnerable children in our society are regularly transported by private providers in caged vehicles, mostly physically restrained and even placed in handcuffs - a practice condemned by the Children’s Comissioner, the UN Comittee Against Torture, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
36 MPs and 5 house of lords have already signed a petition in support of our campaign, the core objectives of which are for the government to implement framework:
At Serenity Welfare, we are committed to helping children and young people realise their aspirations through compassion, respect, and our unwavering support.
In the UK, the most vulnerable children in our society are regularly transported by private providers in caged vehicles, mostly physically restrained and even placed in handcuffs - a practice condemned by the Children’s Comissioner, the UN Comittee Against Torture, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
At Serenity Welfare, we are committed to helping children and young people realise their aspirations through compassion, respect, and our unwavering support.
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Emily
In the UK, the most vulnerable children in our society are regularly transported by private providers in caged vehicles, mostly physically restrained and even placed in handcuffs - a practice condemned by the Children’s Comissioner, the UN Comittee Against Torture, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Aklan, Founder and CEO of Serenity Welfare
In the UK, the most vulnerable children in our society are regularly transported by private providers in caged vehicles, mostly physically restrained and even placed in handcuffs - a practice condemned by the Children’s Comissioner, the UN Comittee Against Torture, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
At Serenity Welfare, we are committed to helping children and young people realise their aspirations through compassion, respect, and our unwavering support.
1. End the handcuffing and restraint of innocent children and young people in the care system by private secure transportation providers, except when there is a considerable risk of the child harming themselves or others.
What We Offer
At Serenity Welfare, we are committed to helping children and young people realise their aspirations through compassion, respect, and our unwavering support.
2. Mandate that all private secure transportation services be legally obliged to report any instances of restraint, including handcuffing, of innocent care-experienced children to an appropriate body.
What We Offer
What We Offer
3. Appoint an appropriate body to collate, monitor and review data provided by these private secure transportation services to increase transparency and accountability to ensure regulation is implemented.
Holistic support services through interventions and extracurricular activities to nurture their talents and passions
Holistic support services through interventions and extracurricular activities to nurture their talents and passions
Holistic support services through interventions and extracurricular activities to nurture their talents and passions
We believe that handcuffing and restraining children is deeply damaging and can cause physical and mental harm. Therefore, our campaign is strongly built upon the aims for the use of handcuffs to be banned during secure transportation, changing laws in UK.
“Many of the children we work with are traumatised from being transported by other companies who don’t share our childcentered philosophy. Some have been in caged vehicles, physically restrained and handcuffed.
We believe that handcuffing and restraining children is deeply damaging and can cause physical and mental harm. Therefore, our campaign is strongly built upon the aims for the use of handcuffs to be banned during secure transportation, changing laws in UK.
We believe that handcuffing and restraining children is deeply damaging and can cause physical and mental harm. Therefore, our campaign is strongly built upon the aims for the use of handcuffs to be banned during secure transportation, changing laws in UK.
Holistic support services through interventions and extracurricular activities to nurture their talents and passions
4. Recognise that a new, child-centred/young person-centred approach is needed that treats vulnerable children as victims instead of criminals and ensures that secure transportation providers in the UK’s care system do not contribute to further trauma.
This will support:
We believe that handcuffing and restraining children is deeply damaging and can cause physical and mental harm. Therefore, our campaign is strongly built upon the aims for the use of handcuffs to be banned during secure transportation, changing laws in UK.
"No child should be cuffed or in a caged van", Emily Aklan
We’ve proven it doesn’t have to be this way. Every young person is worthy of care and respect and our work won’t be done until we’ve ensured that no child or vulnerable young person has to suffer being dehumanised in this manner.”
"No child should be cuffed or in a caged van", Emily Aklan
Comfortable secure transportation of the ‘highest grade’ for children and young people within our care
Comfortable secure transportation of the ‘highest grade’ for children and young people within our care
• Ensure transparency and openness
Comfortable secure transportation of the ‘highest grade’ for children and young people within our care
• Establish accountability and responsibility
Comfortable secure transportation of the ‘highest grade’ for children and young people within our care
• Support adequate monitoring and appropriate documentation
• Allow for review, evaluation and reflection
24-hour secure transportation and crisis support services with ‘restraint free’ approach
24-hour secure transportation and crisis support services with ‘restraint free’ approach
24-hour secure transportation and crisis support services with ‘restraint free’ approach
"No child should be cuffed or in a caged van", Emily Aklan
"No child should be cuffed or in a caged van", Emily Aklan
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