27 Feb 2010

“You cannot negotiate with these people and expect rational discussion”

Although I appreciate you may not like "the system", and shouting may be good for the short term, the only way we believe to change things is to use the system.  By "use", we mean understand, consider and anticipate the way "it" works. 

This means acting like a solicitor, as you say, LISTENING to what people think is wrong with "the system" and then respond in a meaningful and structured way.

Our stated activity at the moment is assessing the state of UK & EU law.  This is no easy task and is taking time.  However, where we see a distinct area we can make a positive and constructive change, we formulate policy and strategy to overcome these obstacles.

It may sound like "lawyer" or "politician speak" - and that is EXACTLY what we're aiming for.  We want to be able to accurately oppose the current situation and argue the case for NRP's, and we do understand that some other groups do not agree with our methods.  The more fronts that we can make public and loud, the better - but again, these are OUR methods, and we think they will have an impact on the overall situation suffered by Non Resident Parents.

Some of these routes include taking part in the current review of Family Law (please see both details of the review at http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/newsrelease200110a.htm and the Government Green Paper at http://publications.dcsf.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/CM-7787.pdf )

We believe that getting involved in the creation, amendment and repeal of legislation is the best way to improve the situation and increase equality for Non Resident Parents in a currently unfair, unjust and plainly biased system.

25 Feb 2010

Automatically creating and managing your personal mail campaign

We’re developing software to create and manage the "letter writing" process for Non Resident Parents, to reinforce their position prior to the established "status quo" of contact with their children changing. As part of this is the use of the correct language to enable further automatic complaints to be raised when the agencies and authorities fail or refuse to assist - including the use of the Administrative Court and Civil Procedure Rules. The system is nearly (!) ready, and will be needing some guinea pigs soon - anyone wanting to use the system, by all means join us on our page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/wheresmydad.org.uk and read more about the Civil Procedure Rule via http://wheresmydad.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!C7771365DF4DB62E!200.entry

18 Feb 2010

#ge10 #ge2010 #election2010 Plethora of information ..

Draft Policies have been updated and we just love Twaiter !

Our main policies are now linkable, and tweets are sent out regularly so you can see what they are !  Simples.

If you want to view or link to them, just use this handy table

Policy Area Short Link
Government Restructure http://bit.ly/Restructure
Benefits and Social Cohesion http://bit.ly/Policy02
Community Relations http://bit.ly/Policy03
Jobs and Welfare http://bit.ly/Policy04
Pensions and Older People http://bit.ly/Policy05
Third Sector, Charities and Voluntary Organisations http://bit.ly/Policy06
Business http://bit.ly/Policy07
Schools http://bit.ly/Policy08
Culture, Media and Sports http://bit.ly/Policy10
Defence http://bit.ly/Policy11
Foreign Affairs http://bit.ly/Policy12
Health & Social Care http://bit.ly/Policy13
Crime http://bit.ly/Policy14
Immigration http://bit.ly/Policy16
Justice and Democracy http://bit.ly/Policy17
Local & Devolved Government http://bit.ly/Policy18
Climate Change and Energy http://bit.ly/Policy19
Countryside Management http://bit.ly/Policy21
Environment http://bit.ly/Policy22
Housing http://bit.ly/Policy23
Transport http://bit.ly/Policy24
Treasury-Systems http://bit.ly/Policy25
Age, Civil & Criminal Responsibility Act http://bit.ly/ResponsibilityAct
Corporation Tax http://bit.ly/CorporationTax
Value Added Tax http://bit.ly/ValueAddedTax
Sales (or Purchase) Tax http://bit.ly/PurchaseTax
Inheritance Tax http://bit.ly/InheritanceTax
Stamp Duty (on Property Purchases) http://bit.ly/StampDuty
Changes to National Insurance http://bit.ly/National-Insurance
Education Funding Tax http://bit.ly/EducationTax
Income Tax http://bit.ly/IncomeTax
Individual and Household Tax Allowances http://bit.ly/TaxAllowance
Council Tax & Higher Earner Local Tax http://bit.ly/CouncilTax
Recreational Drugs Review http://bit.ly/DrugsReview
Boundary Reform http://bit.ly/BoundaryReform

7 Feb 2010

Letting you know about www.thirdchamber.org.uk

I thought I’d let you know about http://www.thirdchamber.org.uk which is the link to Andrew’s personal site about the upcoming election. 

Please look at the blog at http://thirdchamber.blogspot.com/ and keep up to date with all the news :)

Follow on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Third_Chamber