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Informationen zum Autor After a period as a local authority child care officer, Bob Holman went into academic life for ten years. Having served as Professor of Social Administration at the University of Bath, he left to start a community project on the Southdown council estate in Bath. After ten years, he moved to Easterhouse in Glasgow to establish FARE (Family Action in Rogerfield and Easterhouse), a child care community project on the Easterhouse estate where he and his wife lived between 1987 and 2005. Bob retired in 2005 to look after two grandsons but continues as a volunteer with FARE and Easterhouse Baptist Church. In 2011 he won The Daily Record Our Heroes award. Klappentext This book looks at the lives of six inspirational individuals who have made significant contributions to the well-being of disadvantaged children. Based on documentary research and extensive interviews, the book relates personal histories to wider developments and makes important connections between poverty, inequality and child care policy. Zusammenfassung This book looks at the lives of six inspirational individuals who have made significant contributions to the well-being of disadvantaged children. Based on documentary research and extensive interviews! the book relates personal histories to wider developments and makes important connections between poverty! inequality and child care policy.
