Steve McCabe MP to host Hope Instead of Handcuffs online roundtable event

As media and political support continues to grow for Serenity Welfare’s Hope Instead of Handcuffs campaign, leading supporter Steve McCabe MP will host an online roundtable event on 20th July to discuss how to tackle the use of restraint against children in care and how to support better vulnerable young people.....   View Full Article...

Best Businesswomen Awards 2021

Best Businesswomen Awards 2021 The Best Businesswomen Awards have announced their winners for 2021 at a Gala Final held at the Hilton Wembley.    Our CEO Emily Aklan has won the Best Businesswomen Gold Award for Children and Families category in this prestigious competition which seeks to find the very best female business talent from across the UK and Internationally.   Despite a global pandemic, the sheer resilience of female entrepreneurs shone through. All winners, selected by a panel of business experts, demonstrated a flair for entrepreneurship, tenacity, and determination.    The Best Businesswomen Awards are designed to recognise the achieve...

Emily Aklan: I quit a high-flying job in construction to help society’s most vulnerable children

Emily has enjoyed a successful real estate career, and was only 31 when she started running her company. But her life took a different direction when her sister passed away and her ex-husband took their children and left the country. After a long legal battle, she managed to earn custody of her sister’s children. There began a new horizon for her, linking even more with support for children in need. In a way, she has revolutionised the child care system. In this interview, she reveals that she transports children in comfortable “Mercedes” and not in caged vehicles, or children with handcuffs. In her goals for 2021, she says that will improve her company’...