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valerie howarth baroness howarth of breckland wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 background 2 career toggle career subsection 2 1 jasmine beckford inquiry 2 2 unemployment 2 3 childline 2 4 parliament 2 5 other roles 3 personal life and death 4 honours 5 see also 6 references 7 external links toggle the table of contents valerie howarth baroness howarth of breckland 2 languages deutsch français edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikiquote wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia british social worker and life peer 1940 2025 the right honourable the baroness howarth of breckland obe howarth in 2001 born valerie georgina howarth 1940 09 05 5 september 1940 sheffield england died 23 march 2025 2025 03 23 aged 84 norfolk england education abbeydale girls grammar school university of north london henley business school alma mater leicester university occupations social worker chief executive charity trustee house of lords crossbencher years active 1963 2024 spouse barbara lees member of the house of lords lord temporal life peerage 25 june 2001 23 march 2025 parson cross in south yorkshire lady howarth s birthplace valerie georgina howarth baroness howarth of breckland obe 5 september 1940 23 march 2025 was a british social worker first chief executive of childline child and adult welfare advocate and a crossbench member of the house of lords her illustrious career was almost de railed midway in the aftermath of the death of a child on an at risk register in the statutory london authority where she had led the service but she was exonerated in the subsequent inquiry and was able later to diversify her contribution to numerous third sector organisations and to public policy 1 her discovery through her work at childline of the suspected pervasiveness of child abuse and specifically of child sexual abuse in society and how it was then being fostered by prison life and burgeoning media led her to call in 1990 for a royal commission to look into the sexual abuse of minors 2 it took another 25 years before a public inquiry known as the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse was set up by the then home secretary theresa may to look into the matter in england and wales 3 background edit valerie howarth the elder daughter of sheffield steelworker george and his wife edith was born early on during world war ii she had described her background as tough 2 but academic and organisational ability enabled her to attend abbeydale girls grammar school where she became head girl musing about becoming a probation officer she completed a diploma in social studies at the university of leicester in 1962 followed by a certificate in applied social studies in 1963 4 on graduating valerie howarth was hired by the charitable family welfare association fwa to work with disorganised and poverty stricken families in leicester where violence was a common hallmark 2 there she met barbara lees a senior colleague and later a social services training officer who was to have a defining influence on the young howarth s life 1 career edit after five years with the fwa in the midlands howarth moved to london where in 1968 she gained a certificate in childcare at the then north london polytechnic now the university of north london 1 and joined the london borough of lambeth children s services department in south london to work in their families unit this was on the eve of the major reforms being ushered in by the seebohm report one of her trainees at the time was tessa jowell a future labour minister 2 after the seebohm shake up three separate departments were unified bringing together distinct client groups children adult disabled and elderly and adult mental health sufferers to achieve economies of scale and howarth played a part in managing the fieldwork transition in the authority during her 14 year stint with lambeth she rose to the position of assistant director in a populous borough stretching from waterloo and county hall opposite the houses of parliament to the leafy suburbs of streatham and norwood jasmine beckford inquiry edit in 1982 howarth landed the job of director of social services with the london borough of brent in north west london 2 two years into the role a 4 year old girl jasmine beckford died of her injuries at the hands of her mother and step father while being monitored through the at risk social work process the ensuing inquiry into the circumstances led to public interest and media publicity howarth elected to apply to a quieter authority cambridgeshire where she was initially offered the post of director and resigned from brent however criticisms emanating from politicians of one party at brent council led to the cambridge offer being withdrawn despite the beckford inquiry chairman louis blom cooper qc describing howarth as a high quality director of social services and the inquiry report absolving her of any blame 2 1 unemployment edit having left the public sector in 1986 valerie howarth returned to academia for a year at henley business school 2 she became a freelance able to advise welfare and housing institutions on management and the effects on clients childline edit when the uk television presenter and consumer advocate esther rantzen devised a special telephone helpline for distressed children in the late 1980s she needed someone experienced to lay the foundations and lead the service her sister had been a colleague of valerie howarth s in lambeth and suggested they have a conversation it led to the appointment of howarth as the founding chief executive and a dozen years at the helm during that time the veil was lifted from the extent and depth of childhood suffering both in families and institutions and howarth raised the alarm in public 5 the children s helpline phenomenon spread across the uk and was taken up in commonwealth countries and in europe as a result howarth came into contact with myriad organisations including the faithful foundation in an effort to prevent child abuse 2 her effectiveness as a leader in a fast changing international communications context led to her becoming the first uk representative on the european forum for child welfare and a founding member and first chair of the telephone helplines association her efforts extended to consumer protection and standard setting serving on the independent committee for the supervision of standards of telephone information services icstis 6 parliament edit baroness howarth had several formal memberships in the house of lords including european union committee 2007 2012 adoption legislation committee 2012 2013 ecclesiastical joint committee 2015 2023 she was secretary to the all party parliamentary group for children member of the all party parliamentary group on ageing and older people other roles edit valerie howarth was a trustee for a number of children s charities and was a patron of the national youth advocacy scheme she became the chair of cafcass children and family court advisory and support service and was instrumental in helping it recover from internal conflicts and organisational difficulties 7 8 in relation to adult services she was a campaigner to the last and established the king s cross homelessness project and played a pivotal role in the london homelessness forum she championed for specialist housing for the elderly and was vice chair of the national care standards commission she also served on the board of the food standards agency 6 between 2016 and 2018 howarth chaired the safeguarding committee of the diocese of norwich her local see in norfolk where she had settled in a village and where she worshipped 1 baroness howarth s commitment to people living with disability was reflected in her work for the uk s largest christian charity in the sector livability where she was a trustee and vice president 9 personal life and death edit with two friends in midlife she acquired a cottage in norfolk to which she and barbara lees would eventually retire howarth was a supporter of civil union and in 2006 she and lees became civil partners barbara lees died in 2021 1 lady howarth died on 23 march 2025 after living and working with cancer for a period of years at the age of 84 10 honours edit valerie howarth was appointed an officer of the order of the british empire obe in the 1999 birthday honours for services to childline on 25 june 2001 she was created a life peer with the title baroness howarth of breckland of parson cross in the county of south yorkshire 11 12 in 2007 baroness howarth was awarded an honorary doctorate by the open university in recognition of her decades long public service on behalf of children 13 see also edit care 2000 tv film psa firth park ward parson cross references edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 brindle david 14 april 2025 lady howarth of breckland obituary www theguardian com retrieved 14 april 2025 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 baroness howarth of breckland obituary childline chief executive the times 9 april 2025 new chairwoman of abuse inquiry named bbc co uk 11 august 2016 retrieved 11 august 2016 howarth of breckland baroness valerie georgina howarth born 5 sept 1940 who s who who was who 2007 doi 10 1093 ww 9780199540884 013 u42363 isbn 978 0 19 954088 4 retrieved 5 september 2021 cite web cs1 maint periodical has isbn link harrison hereward 2000 childline the first twelve years bmj 82 4 283 285 doi 10 1136 adc 82 4 283 pmc 1718281 pmid 10735832 1 2 erwood steve 1 april 2025 in memoriam baroness howarth of breckland obe childhelplineinternational org retrieved 25 april 2025 about cafcass archived from the original on 7 march 2016 retrieved 21 march 2007 children and family court advisory and support service patron honorary positions livability org uk retrieved 27 november 2015 death of a member baroness howarth of breckland parliamentary debates hansard house of lords 24 march 2025 no 55513 the london gazette supplement 12 june 1999 p 11 no 56259 the london gazette 29 june 2001 p 7687 honorary doctorate awarded to baroness howarth of breckland pdf www5 open ac uk 2 june 2007 retrieved 26 april 2025 external links edit biography uk parliament lucy faithful foundation tribute to baroness valerie howarth obe 31 march 2025 daily telegraph obituary 10 april 2025 authority control databases people uk parliament retrieved from https 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