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; Commission for Social Care Inspection; The Fostering Network; The Foyer Federation; The Liberal Democrat Party; National Association of Independent Schools and Non-Maintained Special Schools; National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; National Children's Bureau; NCH; Next Step Care Management Ltd, Liverpool; Office of Children's Rights Director; The Prince's Trust; Rainer; Shaftsbury Children's Homes; Social Care Institute for Excellence; The Together Trust; Tree House Care; Voice for the child in care; 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; Brighton and Hove City Council; Bristol City Council; Buckinghamshire CC; Bury MBC; Calderdale MBC; Cheshire CC; City of York Council; Coventry City Council; Cumbria CC; Denbighshire CC; Derby City Council; Derbyshire CC; Devon CC; Dorset CC; Dudley MBC; Durham CC; East Riding of Yorkshire Council; Essex CC; Flintshire CC; Gateshead MBC; Gloucestershire CC; Halton BC; Hampshire CC; Herefordshire 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; Hackney; Hammersmith & Fulham; Haringey; Harrow; Hillingdon; Hounslow; Havering; Islington; Kingston Upon Thames; Lambeth; Lewisham; Redbridge; Richmond upon Thames; Waltham Forest; Westminster; Luton Borough Council; Manchester City Council; Newcastle City Council; North Lincolnshire Council; North Yorkshire CC; Northamptonshire CC; Northumberland CC; Nottingham City Council; Oldham MBC; Peterborough City Council; Redcar and Cleveland BC; Rochdale MBC; Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea; Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead; Sheffield City Council; Slough BC; South Gloucestershire Council; Southampton City Council; Southend BC; Stockton-on-Tees BC; Sunderland City Council; Surrey CC; Swindon BC; Tameside MBC; Wakefield MDC; Warrington BC; Warwickshire CC; West Berkshire Council; West Sussex CC; Wiltshire CC; Wirral MBC; Wolverhampton City Council; Worcestershire CC.