Peta Boucher This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. Safe in the City: News story

   www.safeinthecity.org.uk/data/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/28/2002   Last Visited: 6/20/2004

   Gwyther Rees, research manager for The Children's Society and Peta Boucher, development manager for East London Schools Fund, speaking for the motion, used evidence and case studies that showed that family conflict was the most common immediate trigger for running away which increases the chances of future homelessness. In his summing up, Gwyther Rees explained that running away was not primarily a poverty issue and focusing on wider issues of social exclusion was turning a blind eye to the core problem that family conflict makes young people run away, often leading to homelessness.