Charter signatories

We request a 'no bin bag policy' be put in place and that except in real emergency placements no child or young person is given bin bags again.

The following organisations and local authorities have signed up to this.

Organisations

Action on Rights for Children; The AKT Trust; Association of Directors of Social Services; Barnardos; British Association for Adoption & Fostering; Bryn Melyn; Calcot Services For Children; The Caldcott Foundation; Catholic Care; Children's Rights Alliance for England; Children's Rights Officers and Advocates; The Children's Society; Fostering Outcomes; The Fostering Network; The Foyer Federation; Furness Road Children’s Home, Rochdale; Guiding Lights Fostering; The Liberal Democrat Party; National Association of Independent Schools and Non-Maintained Special Schools; National Youth Agency; National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; National Children's Bureau; NCH; Next Step Care Management Ltd, Liverpool; Nexus Fostering; Office of Children's Rights Director; The Prince's Trust; Rainer; Rugby Road Children’s Home, Rochdale; Shaftsbury Children's Homes; Signpost Children’s Services; Social Care Institute for Excellence; Sunfield Children’s Home; The Together Trust; Tree House Care; Voice for the child in care; WellCare Fostering; Who Care's Trust.

Local authorities

Barnsley BC; Bath and North East Somerset Council; Bolton MBC; Borough of Telford and Wrekin; Bracknell Forest BC; Blackburn with Darwen BC; Bournemouth BC; Bradford MDC; Brighton and Hove City Council; Bristol City Council; Buckinghamshire CC; Bury MBC; Calderdale MBC; Cambridgeshire CC; Cheshire West and Chester Council; City of York Council; Coventry City Council; Cumbria CC; Darlington BC; Denbighshire CC; Derby City Council; Derbyshire CC; Devon CC; Dorset CC; Doncaster MBC; Dudley MBC; Durham CC; East Riding of Yorkshire Council; East Sussex CC; Essex CC; Flintshire CC; Gateshead MBC; Gloucestershire CC; Halton BC; Hampshire CC; Hartlepool BC; Herefordshire Council; Hertfordshire CC; Isle of Wight Council; Kent CC; Kingston Upon Hull City Council; Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Knowsley MBC; Lancashire CC; Leeds City Council; Leicester City Council; Leicestershire CC; Lincolnshire CC; Liverpool City Council; London Borough's of Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Brent, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Havering, Islington, Kingston Upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southark, Tower Hamlets; Waltham Forest, Westminster; Luton Borough Council; Medway Council; Manchester City Council; Middlesbrough Council; Milton Keynes Council; Newcastle City Council; Norfolk CC; North Lincolnshire Council; North Somerset Council; North Yorkshire CC; North Somerset Council; North Tyneside Council; Northamptonshire CC; Northumberland CC; Nottingham City Council; Nottinghamshire CC; Oldham MBC; Oxfordshire CC; Peterborough City Council; Portsmouth City Council; Redcar and Cleveland BC; Reading BC; Rochdale MBC; Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea; Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead; Rutland County Council; St Helens Council; Sandwell MBC; Sefton Council, Sheffield City Council; Shropshire CC; Slough BC; Solihull MBC; Somerset CC; South Gloucestershire Council; South Tyneside Council; Southampton City Council; Southend BC; Staffordshire CC; Stockport MBC; Stockton-on-Tees BC; Sunderland City Council; Surrey CC; Swindon BC; Tameside MBC; Thurrock Council; Trafford Council; Wakefield MDC; Walsall Council; Warrington BC; Warwickshire CC; West Berkshire Council; West Sussex CC; Wigan Council; Wiltshire CC; Wirral MBC; Wokingham BC; Wolverhampton City Council; Worcestershire CC.