Abuse victims group to be set up in Jersey

Thursday 27th March 2008, 12:00AM GMT.

CAMPAIGNERS for victims of abuse in care are planning to visit Jersey to set up a group for former residents of Haut de la Garenne.

The UK Care Leavers Association campaigns for people who have been abused in care or foster homes, helps care leavers get access to their care records and pushes for better standards in care provision.

Chairman Will McMahon has approached former Health Minister Stuart Syvret to arrange a meeting with Islanders who were residents in the care home, which is the focus of a police inquiry into historic child abuse spanning decades.

Mr McMahon plans to visit the Island in the next couple of weeks to talk to abuse survivors and to set up a Jersey branch of the CLA.

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