I am horrified that social services have been allowed to carry out what amounts to a legal abduction. The police have dropped any charges and there is no case to answer on the Hardinghams part. Their life must be in tatters, this is too cruel to believe. The government have a dut to intervene.
im having a nightmare with social services i lost my son in jan to a tragic accident which i might add i wasnt at home at the time my partner was which means he is under investigation i have since had a baby also have a 12 year old and they are threaten care proceedings even though the children are here with me and ex partner is no longer living here how can this be fair and just
I wanted to adopt. Now I am afraid to. Instead of doing good I might be robbing a family of their child. This is all very wrong and shocking. In cases such as these families MUST be allowed to get their children back.
I will not rest untill social services have been exposed for what they really are and reforms in the family court have been made. Keep fighting and KEEP PUBLIC!
In this day and age, leaders and people who dictate authority and abuse this power by breaching human rights are taken to a court of a law and face prosecution, why should the social services be different, there a disgrace!
social services are a disgrace, they work harder to remove children and keep them than working hard to keep families together and give support.No doubt there budgets dont stretch to helping!
keep strong i9'm going troufgh a simular situation my daughter has been placed with a female same sex couple we have got to keep fighting i'm so proud of you both keep strong and i'm thinking of you both always.don't let them win we will all beat this take care of the baby.i'm not really religous but surely there has got to be a god in this world and lets hope he is shining on our babies take care love to the baby lisa(sheffield)
As some one that has had his daughter forcibly adopted by social services,I just hope that this couple win the fight against the unjust system that has caused them so much heart ache.Good luck for the future.
The legal system which allows this without oversight , transparency, or even honesty on the part of the judicary and Local Authority is an affront to The Hardinghams human rights and dignity
I support your petition.
You & your children, like too many others have suffered the failings of an unaccountable service. It is so very wrong, bringing heartache & unmeasureable unhappiness to so many children & parents.
Nothing will change until those who commit these crimes & they are criminal acts, are held accountable & the truth is made very public.
I wish you well. Please give Brandon a hug from me.
I support this petition beacause i know how you are feeling. My case is still ongoing, i have 3 children aged 16,10 and 9 with no 4 due xmas. My eldest is still at home but my middle two were taken by their father for usual contact after being told off by myself. The following day 22 hrs later when children were to be returned social services were involved and police, i am on bail for something i was unaware of. Communication has been very much left in the dark,apart from a letter regards social s saying an assessment is complete now not taking action at the current time? The children are still with their father who i never married and left 3yrs ago after being physically tormented. I am now happily married living in a stable home. I miss my children and love them very much but they are being brain washed by their jealous father.
Take care i wish you both all the best.
go get them your children belong with you thats all your children and with the help of normal people you will get your children home just keep going good luck
i support you both and hope your nightmare gets resolved quickly as i know what you are going through except i went to prison for 3 yrs and am now fighting system for my life back, stay strong and together you will get through this.
Currently trying to support parents who may soon lose their 6 children to a Social Service dept that over the last 3 years has had two NO STARS followed by a ONE STAR in the national audit
They target disadvantage families for sure
All the best with your fight -ban secret courts
Social services think they know better than I do what is in my child's best interests. They have nullified what I have done for her in the past twelve months by placing her in foster care and threatening to send her back to her mother. They are wicked and evil and need to have their excesses curbed now.
I know exactly how Nicky and Mark are feeling. It is now 15 yeaars since social services began hounding me. They have in turn hounded my son and now my granddaughter is the target for their suspicious minds and arrogant ideology. They think they are always right, but in their blind quest to take away children they ruin families and cause untold heartache.
They must be stopped now.
because I have come across many families who have 'lost'their children through injustice. It appears that the 'professionals' don't like to be wrong even when there is evidence to say so. We hope that your assessment as been fair and independent. Good Luck Julie
because I too have been accused of abuse, with no real proof, photos taken show nothing. I wont got into the details but believe me; it's corruption at the highest level, surely we all cant be wrong about this, yet no-one listens & we get ignored! Good luck all of you in your fight!
BECAUSE I KNOW HOW INJUST SS CAN BE. WE`VE HAD TROUBLE OF UNBELIEVEABLE PROPORTIONS. KEEP FIGHTING. DONT EVER GIVE UP. DONT LET THEM DESTROY YOU LIKE THEY TRIED TO DO TO US.X
because being a person from disfunctional ss placements i know only to well ss only ever bother to research any errors when exposed! i wish this family all the best
Because people need to know that major injustices are inflicted on parents by incompetent and judgemental social services/psychologists/la wyers/judges. I would not have believed these injustices possible without having experienced them myself. We need to question and question how these people work - SUPPOSEDLy in the interests of children but very often not.
Because I too was guilty until proven innocent, by social services. I had my three children aged 1, 3 and 5 taken away from me whilst pregnant with no 4. They were taken on 2 occassions, the second being on my due date and not only were the 3 children taken out of the bath and into a police car, but social services then told me they would take the baby when I delivered. What evidence did they have against me? Social services had never carried out any assessments of the family, no initial response and no core assessment. They had never met me and my children. They obtained a psychatric assessment of me from a psychatrist whom I was never a patient with. This said I suffered from a borderline personality disorder. Although social services sent ma for 2 independent psychatric assessments which said i did not suffer from BPD or any other mental illness, they failed to take account of these. Although in the end the court brought the children home, in the year of 'hell' 2 courts did not bring them home and the professionals put into place to protect my children all failed them. I met totally incompetent so called professionals in psychatrity, social services, judges, and expert witnesses, including the Cassel Hospital in Ham, which is meant to be highly thought of in terms of the work it does with families. (The court requested a report from Dr Kkennedy. However he never met me and the children, but 2 unqualified psychotherapists carried out the assessments and wrote an appalling report).
The human rights convention states clearly that one should be innocent until proven guilty and yet it is all too often the other way around and I was the opposite. Whe I watched the hardinghams on BBC, I had been treated the same way.
I totally support you and believe in you. I went through the appalling misery and suffering you did, when you had your children taken away and I will do anything to help you if you wish. You can contact me on susan@susanocall
Social Services have taken my son away from me and are not listening to him when he says he wants to come home. Social services are the abusers and something needs to be done about what they are doing to loving, caring families.
I could have easily lost my son to SS lies but the Guardian got him home. It is so easy to lose your child through injustice in the family court. They clearly love their children and if SS had any sensitivity and empathy they could spot genuine people who love their family.
Nicky and Mark, our heart goes out to you. Why oh why are these corrupt practices been allowed to continue. We all ned to get together and fight back. This just does not happen to birth parents either.
PLease take care of yourselves as best you can.
i support this petition and opose the systamatic abuse by social services of childrens and parents rights.innocent until proven guilty not guilty until proven guilty. miscarriages of justice carry on being hidden because all the people in power to stop this would never be in this position themselves, so why bother. its about time we had more people in power who can truely represent the people and who care, not buracratic highly paid currupt polititions hiding under the government blanket. take care nicky & mark
love and peace to you and your family
I definitely support this petition
I'm a victim myself and the Social Services have lied so much it's acutally visible in the documentation.
I was told by the SS in leeds that they where considering taking my son away necause I had lodged a complaint
And the SS/Doctors involved should be disgraced and sacked
I support this petition as another parent who had to fight doctors in the family courts to get my children out of care. Luckily I won my children home and pray that the Hardinghams will at least get a happy ending to this last battle. The injustice of the British family courts MUST END and loving parents must be reunited with their children. They ignore the trauma of removing children from their birth parents to forcibly adopt them but then wont return them when an injustice is proven as it is too traumatic. Double standards like this are criminal.
I truely support this petition as i myself am going through the exact same thing as this. My children have also been taken into care as they accuse child abuse yet they are being slow in testing for brittle bones. My heart goes out to you all.
I support this petition, as having been a mother of 4 children myself also a radiographer I am well aware of the positions children get into to injure themselves. Also we have a grandson with a genetic problem, something called oppitz G/BBB causing a bilateral cleft lip, palate and larynx. This was apparently due to a parasitic gene as neither my son and daughter in law carry the gene, they have received nothing but care and help from everyone, your children appear to have a genetic problem and you have received nothing. Truth is light we must have openness.
I wish you true justice an peace of mind.
Jennifer Jay
I support this petition because the rights of the children and parents and their needs should be paramount. My son was taken behind my back from school under a false E.P.O and then lies were told about me to justify their unbeleivable actions. The corruption is at the highest level and I have discovered the person in charge was arrested for paedophile activities. I support this family as they were brave enough to expose some of the corruption. I say stop the secrecy in the family courts: reverse adoption: undo the wrongs and give us back our children!
I support this petition. The socail services are doing injustice to the lot of families. They feed the children on lies about their parents and create a confusion in the mind of children.
I have seen social services practices from both sides in local government and from the outside so to speak. Social services will lie perjur themselves and break any laws they wish claiming to and appearing to be above the law.
I fully support this petition as children belong with their parents.They should never be taken away on suspicion or assumptions or judgemental opinions.
Its it obvious you are caring loving parents and no child should ever be taken from any of there parents, until proved in a open court of law. I don't mean our pantomine theatrics of secret justice today. The administers of this secret justice, and corrupt ss should hang there heads in shame because of there child stealing antics, which is nothing more or less than highway robery but with children as the booty.
Best Wishes Mr & Mrs Hardingham, you set high hounurable standards, the rest of us aspire to follow.
because i having been fighting total corruption and unbelievble incompetnce by renfrewhire social services for nearly 3 yrs and have never came across such biased ,incompetant and corrupt arseholes
- because lack of transparency surrounding this and other cases leads me to believe that Norfolk social services are dangerously over-zealous i their approach.
a terrible wrong has been done. The British legal system is unjust and I cannot believe that this has been allowed to happen. Nicky and Mark have my support and the support of my family. Our thoughts are with you. Good luck to you all.
Everyone has to stand up for what is right and speak out when things are wrong. Nicky and Mark have been treated very wrongly by Norfolk County Council who are now issuing gagging orders to cover up their mistakes. This thing only happens in Police States, Banana Republics and Britain today!
That things like this can happen is intolerable. Taking childern away from their parents should be a last resort that requires proof in an open court of law. Yes, I know such things can be hard to prove, but smashing up a family based on suspicion only is not acceptable. Does anybody ever ask the children about their injuries in these cases?
My sympathy is with Nicky and Mark.
children belong with their parents, and no-one but the Lord has the right to judge you especially bigoted, dumb idiots aka social services. good Luck n God Bless you x
I am a Grandmother denied my grandchildren for so many months its killing me.
Nicky & Mark you have my support and the support of my family here in Wales. Good Luck my thoughts are with you.
as i know too many other parents in a similar situation, accused and threatened by there ss and local authorities....i was one of them. i hope to god that nicky and mark stay strong and one day find the justice they so rightly deserve....good luck xxx
because social services are the REAL abusers. Fight fight and fight some more and NEVER shut up or give in. The tide is turning against these gutless pieces of slime (social workers) and they know it. Best wishes for the future but consider leaving England for the good of your family.
I whole heartedly support this petition, Nicky and Mark are incredible people, I think they are very brave, I also would like to pay tribute to Nicky's Mother and Grandmother who were very brave to go through all this trauma to their family and to see their beautiful innocent grandchildren stolen from them, and the pain of knowing you are are innocent.
I beleive your children should be reunited with you and your family,
so Brandon can grow up with
his siblings, I hope the people who stole your children are charged with falsely stealing your children are brought to court and be dealt with like and other person kidnaps children.
This country has the most evil corrupt family court system in the world, it makes me ashamed to be English, knowing the families that are crucified by our brutal laws.
This Goverment is the worst I have ever known.
I know of one Father who pleadede with the authorities to have his child, after Mother signed the the child over to social services, because of her health, his child was adopted by same sex partners.
how can anyone get over that.
Mark and Nicky, I wish you both and your beautiful new baby son Brandon,A a very happy, wonderful life, I
will be hoping for a common sense result, with you rightfully keeping baby Brandon, and at least some form of contact with the other children, like poor innocent fathers get.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL.
Nicky and Mark we wish you all the very best and
it highlights the need for family courts to be more transparent and accountable for their decisions, for accused parents to be properly represented, and if they're found to be innocent, their children should be returned to them.
My family and I have been effected by this draconian system to. The way children's case are handeled needs to be re looked at as to many families are being ripped apart. Social services and the authorities should not be able to use secret family courts to take away children from parents.
Social services and the authorities should not be able to use secret family courts to take away children from parents. These courts should be abolished and CAFCASS and social services made accountable for the lies that they tell
I support both Nicky and Mark who I know are innocent Brandon should be with his mum and dad there is no grounds to take him or were there any grounds to take the other children
i lost two children to forced adoption . and think it trafficking in children this social worker should be ashamed to call her self a human being good lock nick and mark
Good luck to you both Nicky and Mark...I hope you win your case. If the goverment want to save children get to Iraq and rescue the hundreads/millions of children who have been left without homes food and parents, through the war the arses started. The goverment want to clean the mess they have made over there...and give the children they put at risk protction. The family system in engalnd is a joke....incompetant experts and decietful social worker....and bent Judges...what a farce. Stop forced adoption...
The whole social service system in the British Isles needs complete reform. They ignore real child abuse and target the wrong families. This family needed help and support not the injustice of losing their children.
I support this petition because i don't think the Hardinghams deserve to have their baby adopted. All these councils want to do is adopt children from INNOCENT families. The government need to ABOLISH forced adoption. The system is NOT a child protection system. It is a CHILD COLLECTION SYSTEM.
Freebird
because the government have stolen enough children from its constituants, it should stop leave Brandon where he belongs, stop hiding behind the draconian family courts and face the baying public.
Stop robbing the wombs of the innocent you sick sick lot.
At present a minority of gutless, ignorant and cruel individuals stand more unaccountable than ministers in our own government. An unaccountable minority making lives hell for thousands of families and their precious children each year. An unaccountable minority who escape prosecution for their perjurous crimes committed against innocent families in unaccountable family courts wrapped in secrecy. Unaccountable legal representatives who pretend to care right at the start only to deceive and ignore nearing the end. These are draconian laws, but made worse when twisted by local authority officials using a safety net of unaccountability. Abolish all secrecy in the Family Courts and let the daylight of open inquiry illuminate their work
