An eight-year-old black boy from Greenleaf After School Club in Walthamstow, east London, was made to clean his five-year-old sister after she soiled herself despite toilets being nearby. The mother of the boy labelled the incident ‘humiliating and racist’. A mother has hit out after her eight-year-old son was forced to clean his five-year-old sister after she soiled herself at an after-school club. Click here for the full article.

A BBC investigation has revealed that the boy, who attended Greenleaf After School Club in Walthamstow, east London, told his mum he was made to clean excrement off his sister’s leg in front of other pupils, despite toilets being nearby.

The Good Law Project now hopes to raise £30,000 to pay for a leading law firm to “fight for justice for her family”, as well as to support other families in similar circumstances, and has already raised more than £1,000 in one day. Click here for more details.

Mala Thapar shared: “This was an appalling situation to read about and in full admiration of the mother taking further action. This is unacceptable and humiliating to any child and hope that the Good Law Project get justice for this family. The word “inclusive” tends to get used as a tick box exercise consistently, but unfortunately not always practiced. How can any service support Black and Brown children when subjected to this level of humiliation at such an early age?”

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