Ten years ago, Coram, which is thought to be the oldest children's charity, established the Parents' Centre in the heart of London's King's Cross area.
For us, then as now, all children are children and all families are families. The notion that, in a land of universal education and health services, some are 'hard to reach' points to a fundamental issue in the access to services.
What is it that can cause that label? Might it be the mismatch between the hours worked by workers and the hours in which a family might find the moment to reach forwards? Or the fear that this will only be another failure, and so many fingers are already pointed? Suspicion of 'outsiders' or just plain exhaustion?
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