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1. Lumos – a charity dedicated to getting children out of institutions :)
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By: Alan Dapré, on 12/7/2013
Blog: Alan Dapré - Children's Author (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  J.K. Rowling, charity, giving back, charity work, institutions, protecting children, alan dapre, Have Kid Will Scribble, life in care, children's homes, care home stories, fostering children, growing up in care, happy fostering, institutionalised, lumos, protecting children providing solutions, scottish charities, solutions for children, supporting children, uncaring homes, Add a tag

This is my most personal blog to date – and the most important. I have an agenda here. I was in the Care system in the UK – and for 21 years found myself in a range of institutions and … Continue reading →

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2. Wimbledon’t. Things Dads Really Say To Daughters…
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By: Alan Dapré, on 7/9/2013
Blog: Alan Dapré - Children's Author (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  daughter, Dad, teenager, wimbledon, parental support, positive parenting, fathers and daughters, alan dapre, Have Kid Will Scribble, mums net, be the best, children's homes, dad quotes, john inverdale, marion bartoli, talking to teens, things dads say, wimbledon't, Add a tag

John Inverdale, BBC Sports commentator, put both feet in his mouth when he started to describe the looks of Marion Bartoli, 2013 Wimbledon Women’s Singles Winner. He said – and I quote from The Guardian - “I just wonder if her … Continue reading →

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