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Head of Service, Exploitation and children harmed through Violence at London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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A child is not ‘a placement’ and nor is my home. I don’t work with ‘cases’- I work with families. We don’t send children ‘on respite’ we have planned sleepovers. We train many different Local Authorities, agencies and charities who still call children ‘placements’. We have been working hard at changing the use of depersonalising language for 10 years. Much easier (on us) to say, “Such a shame. He has had 22 placements!” No, he has had 22 families, 22 different sets of rules, 22 bedrooms, 22 beds, 22 people he will probably never see again. I looked after 17 children. I didn’t look after 17 placements. Let’s not save our delicate sensibilities, let’s start calling it how it is and giving children the dignity they deserve.
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#Capitalism #MentalIllness #Charity I have a medical condition that prevents me from doing unpaid labor. You might care about work and put it before your own family and not mind you're doing charity for a company that will fire you if the stock drops a penny, but you're not mentally healthy. If you have to do work beyond what you're paid for just to keep up, your boss is taking advantage of you, you're not very good at your job, or you're a workaholic and need therapy. Working for free or working for less money than someone else is willing to do work for is not a flex. The only time you should even consider doing unpaid labor is if you caused a problem during the work day and you need to fix it. Read a book. Go on a hike. Actually sit at a dinner table with your family. Go home. Of course capitalists love and appreciate free labor. Stop it.
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A helpful reminder of some prime language issues- please feel free to call me out if I ever slip up on one of them!
A child is not ‘a placement’ and nor is my home. I don’t work with ‘cases’- I work with families. We don’t send children ‘on respite’ we have planned sleepovers. We train many different Local Authorities, agencies and charities who still call children ‘placements’. We have been working hard at changing the use of depersonalising language for 10 years. Much easier (on us) to say, “Such a shame. He has had 22 placements!” No, he has had 22 families, 22 different sets of rules, 22 bedrooms, 22 beds, 22 people he will probably never see again. I looked after 17 children. I didn’t look after 17 placements. Let’s not save our delicate sensibilities, let’s start calling it how it is and giving children the dignity they deserve.
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Punya(पून्य), Paropkaar(परोपकार) and Purusharth(पुरुषार्थ)... People asked Ved Vyas Ji, "Who is going to read all this text that you have written? We don't have such time to leave all the worldly affairs to read these books." At least tell us what is the gist of all this literature that you have produced? Ved Vyas ji told, there are only 2 learnings you need to keep in mind. 1st- Paropkaar(Charity) always give without the thought of getting something in return. 2nd- Punya( Righteous Deeds) always do good without the thought of getting something in return. But a thought came in my mind, which led me to ask this from Panditji. I asked what is greater between Punya and Paropkaar? He said both have equal importance. Both aim at the same thing, which is righteousness. But there is something more important than these things and that is, Purusharth( Deeds driven by Purpose). Until someone does Purusharth, he can neither do Punya nor Paropkaar. Purusharth is the baseline of "Human Being".
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Does the word “beneficiaries” have you saying, “bena-who?” Good news–this post is for you 👀 (We promise we didn’t intend for that to rhyme) Here are four fast facts about this important part of estate planning: 1️⃣ A beneficiary is the person, people, or entity/entities you name to inherit what you leave behind. 2️⃣ Beneficiaries don’t have to be people. Many wills and trusts name charities or organizations as beneficiaries. 3️⃣ Good questions to ask include: Does anyone depend on you financially? Are you married? Do you have children? All of these may influence your beneficiary choices. 4️⃣ Keep in mind that for some assets, there are two types. A primary beneficiary is the person first in line to receive the benefit. A contingent beneficiary is a backup if your primary beneficiary is no longer alive. Got questions? Drop them in the comments or give us a call. We’re here to help.
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Does the word “beneficiaries” have you saying, “bena-who?” Good news–this post is for you 👀 (We promise we didn’t intend for that to rhyme) Here are four fast facts about this important part of estate planning: 1️⃣ A beneficiary is the person, people, or entity/entities you name to inherit what you leave behind. 2️⃣ Beneficiaries don’t have to be people. Many wills and trusts name charities or organizations as beneficiaries. 3️⃣ Good questions to ask include: Does anyone depend on you financially? Are you married? Do you have children? All of these may influence your beneficiary choices. 4️⃣ Keep in mind that for some assets, there are two types. A primary beneficiary is the person first in line to receive the benefit. A contingent beneficiary is a backup if your primary beneficiary is no longer alive. Got questions? Drop them in the comments or give us a call. We’re here to help.
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Does the word “beneficiaries” have you saying, “bena-who?” Good news–this post is for you 👀 (We promise we didn’t intend for that to rhyme) Here are four fast facts about this important part of estate planning: 1️⃣ A beneficiary is the person, people, or entity/entities you name to inherit what you leave behind. 2️⃣ Beneficiaries don’t have to be people. Many wills and trusts name charities or organizations as beneficiaries. 3️⃣ Good questions to ask include: Does anyone depend on you financially? Are you married? Do you have children? All of these may influence your beneficiary choices. 4️⃣ Keep in mind that for some assets, there are two types. A primary beneficiary is the person first in line to receive the benefit. A contingent beneficiary is a backup if your primary beneficiary is no longer alive. Got questions? Drop them in the comments or give us a call. We’re here to help.
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