tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post3052789971619039570..comments2024-03-19T06:10:57.511-07:00Comments on Zoompad's blog: THE BRITISH FALSE MEMORY SOCIETY I HOPE THE POLICE ARE READING THISZoompadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-16147041503071548002012-10-12T02:18:32.554-07:002012-10-12T02:18:32.554-07:00I wouldn't be too sure. It appears to be the p...I wouldn't be too sure. It appears to be the police chiefs who are at the heart of the corruption. Zoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-92043675322676120302012-10-11T11:37:13.055-07:002012-10-11T11:37:13.055-07:00probably never. but its a nice idea. Wehave to wai...probably never. but its a nice idea. Wehave to wait till they are all dead like jimmy saville and then we can say what we like<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-67970827828972656082012-01-02T11:36:49.735-08:002012-01-02T11:36:49.735-08:00When are the police going to arrest all the member...When are the police going to arrest all the members of the BFMS?Zoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-10659220194415092622011-05-14T04:18:56.893-07:002011-05-14T04:18:56.893-07:00Dr. Ralph Underwager earned his masters of Divinit...Dr. Ralph Underwager earned his masters of Divinity from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, and has been, since 1974, Director of the Institute for Psychological Therapies in Northfield, Minnesota. Besides being a staff psychologist in a clinic, Dr. Underwager has also been a pastor at Lutheran churches in Iowa and Minnesota. He is a member of the National Council for Children's Rights, the American Psychological Association, the Lutheran Academy for Scholarship, and the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, among others.Zoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-87800056398638860792011-05-14T04:18:32.427-07:002011-05-14T04:18:32.427-07:00Paedophiles can boldly and courageously affirm wha...Paedophiles can boldly and courageously affirm what they choose. They can say that what they want is to find the best way to love. . . . Paedophiles can make the assertion that the pursuit of intimacy and love is what they choose. With boldness they can say, "I believe this is in fact part of God's will. --Dr. Ralph Underwager in this interview with Paidika, <br />a European pro-pedophile publication.Zoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-38990855117720401002011-05-14T03:48:16.345-07:002011-05-14T03:48:16.345-07:00BFMS
Treasurer's Report for 2009
In 2009, the ...BFMS<br />Treasurer's Report for 2009<br />In 2009, the Society’s income again experienced a fall to £104,000, compared to £116,000<br />in 2008 and £131,000 in 2007. The main factors that accounted for the decline were again<br />reduced income from grants (down £9,000) and bank interest (down £4,000). This was<br />offset in part by a most welcome increase of £2,000 in donations. The Society remains<br />very dependent on grants, which, at a total of £79,000, continued to account for 76 % of<br />its income.<br />After substantial reduction in the previous year, total operating expenses increased<br />slightly, rising by £2,000 to a total of £103,000. The main item of expenditure was for<br />staff and other help, which increased by £3,000 to a total of £72,000 and was incurred in<br />conducting the Society’s charitable work, as well as generating income and fulfilling its<br />governance obligations. Other costs were reduced by £1,000.<br />The net result was still a surplus of £1,000, although that was well down on the £15,000<br />surpluses achieved in each of the two previous years.<br />By the end of the year, the further small surplus had boosted unrestricted funds to<br />£70,000. As a protection against a major shortfall of income in relation to expenditure,<br />the Society aims to maintain a sufficient amount of unrestricted funds to cover three<br />months operating cost, excluding depreciation, i.e. about £25,000 in 2009. Hence, the<br />year-end balance well exceeded that target.<br />In addition the Society had restricted funds of nearly £4,000, which may be used only for<br />research and projects.<br />Although the year-end cash position (£68,000) appeared healthy, it was again £28,000 less<br />than in the previous year. The Society had been receiving advance payment of grants,<br />which have all now been drawn out of its cash balance and used to fund its operations.<br />The Society’s Director and its Trustees are keenly mindful of their duty to safeguard its<br />financial position. Looking ahead, the Society faces a substantial decline in grant income<br />and, despite a prudent budget reduction, a funding deficit. Although its unrestricted funds<br />will cover that deficit for 2010 and 2011, it has to generate new funding in order to<br />continue even the reduced level of activity beyond that period.<br />Bernard Reed<br />Trustee and Honorary TreasurerZoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-19905004666700321722011-05-14T03:47:41.898-07:002011-05-14T03:47:41.898-07:00Jill’s hope for the Society was that it would even...Jill’s hope for the Society was that it would eventually not need to exist. But sadly calls for help<br />from newly accused families continue to be received at a steady rate averaging fifty new cases<br />each year. These are, of course, just the ones that our staff hear about. We must assume that not<br />everyone in this situation is brave enough to pick up the telephone and talk to a stranger about the<br />very sensitive subject of historic accusations of childhood sexual abuse. It’s a hard thing to do.<br />The whole subject of child abuse is explosive. More and more revelations of serious sexual<br />assault hit the headlines daily, serving to fuel and heighten the public’s fears and disgust. This in<br />turn, all too readily leads to denial of the fact that some accusations are false. The BFMS has to<br />face this fear. We engage in public debate and seek to influence public opinion. As pointed out<br />by a legal adviser, “the stance of the European Court of Human Rights, is that those who enter the<br />public arena and contribute on matters of public interest must be especially tolerant of extreme,<br />unreasonable and even defamatory reactions to their viewpoint”.<br />The BFMS is a national charity; this sounds rather grand, but, in fact, its work level is officially<br />dependant upon the output of the equivalent of just one and three-quarters of full time staff. Over<br />recent years the staff costs have decreased, but in order to meet the increasing demands upon the<br />Society we have been fortunate to have the voluntary support of many people who are prepared to<br />be called upon for their expertise, their advice, their writing skills or their willingness to turn their<br />hand to whatever is asked of them. It is with the invaluable assistance of these volunteers that the<br />helpline, information packs, the website, the newsletter, the publication of books and pamphlets;<br />the legal resources, information and reports; the archive of research and academic papers, library<br />books and the DVDs of television programmes are all available to our members and to<br />professionals seeking information to do with false memory. We are extremely grateful to all who<br />have helped us.<br />There is still so much to do to inform and educate the public about the reality of false accusations<br />of abuse. Financially, as things stand at the moment, we have only a short time in which to make a<br />difference. Funders approached in the past year have rejected our calls for support and I suppose<br />it is not difficult to appreciate their reluctance to attach their colours to our mast. But we must<br />remain hopeful and optimistic and continue to search for a trust fund which is prepared to make a<br />stand and support this very important work.<br />Sally ThompsonZoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-60518780525565162792011-05-14T03:47:31.724-07:002011-05-14T03:47:31.724-07:00BFMS
From the Acting Chair of Trustees
The whole i...BFMS<br />From the Acting Chair of Trustees<br />The whole is greater than the sum of the parts<br />Welcome to this our sixteenth Annual General Meeting. My name is Sally Thompson, I am the<br />Honorary Secretary of the Society’s Trustees and my colleagues on the Board have appointed me<br />Acting Chair for today. This time last year I performed the same office, as our Chairman, Jill<br />Parker, was ill. Today I report with great sadness, to those of you who do not already know, that<br />Jill died on the 11th March after a long illness, an illness she bore with amazing fortitude and<br />cheerfulness.<br />Jill Parker was Chairman of the BFMS for fifteen years. During that time the Society’s<br />knowledge of the causes and effects of false memory and its ability to help its victims has grown<br />profoundly. While its activities have been spearheaded by our Director, Madeline, I know that<br />she has relied enormously on the wisdom, support and encouragement of Jill. A GP who took<br />particular interest in those of her patients struggling to deal with day-to-day life, Jill was well<br />acquainted with vulnerability and despair, and how those afflicted can be beguiled and mislead by<br />alternative solutions to their unhappiness. As Trustees we valued her style of leadership. As one<br />of us wrote on hearing of Jill’s death: “She had a gentle way of leading us, which was very<br />appropriate. It was backed up by genuine, deep understanding and compassion, coming from her<br />professional background and personal values.”Zoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-16504557571543341992011-05-14T03:46:17.422-07:002011-05-14T03:46:17.422-07:00BFMS
Report of the Trustees for the
Year ended 31s...BFMS<br />Report of the Trustees for the<br />Year ended 31st December 2009<br />The law applicable to charities in England and Wales, the Charities Act 1993, Charity<br />(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed requires the<br />trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair<br />view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of<br />resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charity for that period. In preparing<br />those financial statements, the trustees are required to:<br />• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;<br />• observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;<br />• make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;<br />• prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to<br />presume that the charity will continue in business.<br />The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with<br />reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and to enable them to<br />ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charity Act 1993, the Charity<br />(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also<br />responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps<br />for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.<br />Report of the Trustees<br />For the Year Ended 31st December 2009<br />On Behalf of the Board:<br />…………………………………….<br />Trustee<br />…………………………………….<br />DateZoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-56004634894333585552011-05-14T03:45:44.314-07:002011-05-14T03:45:44.314-07:00BFMS
Report of the Trustees
for the Year ended 31s...BFMS<br />Report of the Trustees<br />for the Year ended 31st December 2009<br />The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year<br />ended 31st December 2009. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of<br />Recommended Practice (SORP) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’ issued in March<br />2005.<br />Reference and Administrative Details<br />Registered Charity number<br />1040683<br />Principal address<br />The Old Brewery<br />BRADFORD ON AVON<br />Wiltshire<br />BA15 1NF<br />Trustees<br />Lady Parker BM BCh Chair of Trustees<br />B Reed Honorary Treasurer<br />Mrs S Thompson Secretary<br />R Oade<br />Reverend J Young<br />A Poole<br />Auditors<br />Berkeley Hall Marshall Limited<br />Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditor<br />6 Charlotte Street<br />Bath<br />BA1 2NE<br />Structure, Governance and Management<br />Governing document<br />The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes an<br />unincorporated charity.<br />Risk management<br />The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed<br />and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against<br />fraud and error.<br />Statement of Trustees Responsibilities<br />The trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial<br />statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted<br />Accounting Practice.Zoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-73560344804544335562011-05-14T03:45:09.614-07:002011-05-14T03:45:09.614-07:00BFMS
Aims and Objectives
The purposes of BFMS are:...BFMS<br />Aims and Objectives<br />The purposes of BFMS are:<br />1. BFMS aims to promote accurate differentiation between true and false allegations of<br />child sexual abuse through raising public, professional and policy maker awareness;<br />organising conferences and seminars; disseminating relevant information through<br />newsletters and academic research and assisting the media, where appropriate, to<br />produce suitable articles and programmes.<br />2. BFMS incorporates a telephone helpline to support families and individuals affected<br />by false memory abuse accusations. BFMS also offers advice on access to legal<br />assistance.<br />3. BFMS provides information and advice to mental health, welfare, criminal justice and<br />legal professionals.<br />4. BFMS aims to improve the understanding of ‘false memory’ by encouraging,<br />sponsoring, conducting and publishing academic and professional research.Zoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-42345057102391846512011-05-14T03:44:31.106-07:002011-05-14T03:44:31.106-07:00Financial Accounts for the
Year ended 31st Decembe...Financial Accounts for the<br />Year ended 31st December 2009<br />and the Annual Report<br />of the Trustees<br />presented at the<br />Annual General Meeting<br />27th March 2010<br />British False Memory Society<br />Bradford on Avon · Wiltshire · BA15 1NF<br />Tel: 01225 868682 · Fax: 01225 862251<br />E-mail: bfms@bfms.org.uk<br />Registered Charity Number 1040683<br />Serving People and Professionals<br />in Contested Allegations of Abuse<br />BFMS<br />Contents of the Report and Financial Statements<br />for the Year ended 31st December 2009<br />Page no.<br />1 Aims of the BFMS<br />2 Report of the Trustees<br />4 Report of the Chair<br />5 Report of the Treasurer<br />6-7 Report of the Independent Auditors<br />8 Statement of Financial Activities<br />9 Balance Sheet<br />10-14 Notes to the Financial Statements<br />15-16 Detailed Statement of Financial ActivitiesZoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-75851920167740789822011-05-14T03:43:27.712-07:002011-05-14T03:43:27.712-07:001040683 - THE BRITISH FALSE MEMORY SOCIETY
Activ...1040683 - THE BRITISH FALSE MEMORY SOCIETY <br /><br />Activities<br />THE BFMS CONTINUES ITS CORE WORK OF SUPPORTING THE MEMBERSHIP (PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY FALSE MEMORY) AND EDUCATING AND INFORMING PUBLIC, PROFESSIONALS AND MEDIA WHERE APPROPRIATE. SUPPORT INCLUDES THE AVAILABILITY OF THE TELEPHONE HELPLINE, AN AGM, NEWSLETTERS AND REGIONAL MEETINGS.<br />Where it operates <br />THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES<br />SCOTLAND<br />Financial summary ! Financial year end (FYE) Income Spending Accounts received Annual Return/Annual Update received View <br />31 Dec 2009 £103,965 £102,978 16 Sep 2010 16 Sep 2010 Accounts <br />31 Dec 2008 £115,942 £100,979 07 Sep 2009 07 Sep 2009 Accounts <br />31 Dec 2007 £130,894 £115,563 12 Sep 2008 12 Sep 2008 Accounts <br />31 Dec 2006 £126,206 £111,513 19 Sep 2007 19 Sep 2007 Accounts <br />31 Dec 2005 £118,990 £101,740 15 Aug 2006 15 Aug 2006Zoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-52699815310806676262011-05-14T03:30:40.279-07:002011-05-14T03:30:40.279-07:00Us Pindown survivors have been deliberatly isolate...Us Pindown survivors have been deliberatly isolated. Its only when Stuart Syvret set up his blog that I started to be able to find other Pindown survivors all round the UK, and we have all been treated in the same creepy way. <br /><br />I cant get on with my life, for fear of watching over my souldred all the time. We all feel like that. This is just mad, because I feel like I have had a life sentance for the non crime of being an abuse VICTIM! I have had a much longer prison sentance than any of the people at Chadswells Assessment Centre have had. For all I know, those creeps might have changed their names and might be persecuting me now!<br /><br />I just wish the police would get these people, its not impossible. I know many of them are high up in authority, but they can still be caught and prosecuted. <br /><br />They latch on to kind hearted people, it looks like that is how Lady Parker got involved, its hard to tell, but good well trained police would be able to unravell the whole sordid thing. Ann Widdecombe is another these creeps have sucked in, she fell for the sob stories of the paedophiles pretending to be hard done by fathers, they played on her emotions. These people are so manipulative, they will do anything to get their hands on kids, and they all work together.<br /><br />The police can do this, if they want to. I feel scared of Stafford Police because of the way I have been treated, but I have not given up on the integrity of the police, I have met good police and I know there are lots of decent people in the police.Please God, please help them to catch these wicked people who are preying on our children.Zoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-45336038492730987792011-05-14T02:39:24.545-07:002011-05-14T02:39:24.545-07:00It may be nothing but I have just been looking at ...It may be nothing but I have just been looking at a chap who is a friend of Teresa Cooper, the lady who was abused at Kendall House, and wrote an excellent book called PINDOWN. Teresa changed the title of her book to TRUST NO-ONE, and I was very surprised at the time and asked her why, and she told me she had been advised to distance herself from other Pindown abuse groups, such as Stafford, Withewack House, HDLG, as Kendall House was not anything to do with them. She told me the advice was given to her by her publisher. <br /><br />I have been very concerned about Tesesa, because she has told me about appalling treatment she has suffered at her local hospital. She has also had somne harrassment from a creepy Turkish guy. <br /><br />I found Umit Ozturk. Title: Chairman of Amnesty International Journalists Network on her friends list. I had a web search on him and I do not like what I found one little bit.Zoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-80075825181695596102011-05-14T02:29:53.407-07:002011-05-14T02:29:53.407-07:00Lady Parker is dead. I have just found this in her...Lady Parker is dead. I have just found this in her obituary<br /><br />After retiring as a GP after 35 years she became a willing fundraiser and worker for various projects: including Refuge, which provides shelter for battered wives. But then she became trustee and chair of another charity, the British False Memory Society (false memory being the phenomenon whereby young women “discover” through therapy that they were sexually abused as children and confront their parents with terrible accusations, allegedly dredged from the recesses of memory). Parker resisted the claims of psychotherapy — “It comes straight from America, where you have a therapist as you might have a dentist” — to which vulnerable young women are easily attracted, thereby being drawn into the victim role. <br />It never struck her that her views on false memory were incompatible with working for Refuge. But Refuge saw things differently. She found this inference that scepticism about false memory could be construed as condoning incestuous paedophilia “rather chilling”, and resigned from Refuge; she was followed by two other stalwarts of the Refuge board, Lady Rayne and Lady Browne-Wilkinson. <br />The sudden death of her husband, at the end of a holiday in Turkey in the spring of 2002, was a savage blow. But she remained the family anchor at Minster Lovell, and took up activities such as reading with children at a West London school, and helping out with excluded or difficult children, in her Ladbroke Grove neighbourhood.Zoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070370525847441676.post-72437780811590633232011-05-14T02:04:44.068-07:002011-05-14T02:04:44.068-07:00A survivors poem by Binny
Looking Back
When I lo...A survivors poem by Binny<br /><br />Looking Back<br /><br />When I look back, I need to pry<br />I often sit and wonder why?<br />When I look back, I am knee high<br />Remembering how you made me cry.<br />When I look back at what you did,<br />How the hell could you?! I was a kid!<br />When I look back I was under your spell<br />You made my life a living hell!!<br />When I look back I shook with fear,<br />Hearing your footsteps, coming near<br />When I look back, how you made me feel,<br />The years of trauma made me ill!<br />When I look back I’m filled with rage<br />Trapped inside a devils cage<br />When I look back its not with pride<br />The anger and rage I carry inside<br />When I look back its not with glee<br />The evil things you did to me<br />When I look back, I sit and stare<br />And wonder if you really care?<br /><br />When I look back I sit here strong,<br />Knowing YOU were in the wrong.<br />When I look back, I feel No shame,<br />I know I’m not the one to blame.<br /><br />And When I look now, I promise to tell<br />Keep on shouting and returning the hell<br />When I look now, you pathetic creep!<br />I see the years you made me weep.<br />When I look now, I stand and stare<br />Soaking up your filthy glare<br />When I look now, you’re not so big<br />You do not scare me, you fat PIG!<br />When I look now, I wished I knew<br />How to tell everyone about YOU!<br />When I look now, I see you’re weak<br />Nothing but a dirty freak!<br />When I look now, I return your shame<br />I will not play your secret game<br />When I look now, the rage inside!<br />It isn’t me that wants to hide.<br />When I look now, I want revenge!<br />I’ll spread the word, until the end.<br />When I look now, you’re scared of me?!<br />Cos I’m not a child, I’ve broken FREEZoompadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241773679644853620noreply@blogger.com