Emily Aklan is the founder and chief executive of serenity welfare, an organisation that offers comprehensive welfare services for children and young people.

Career Overview Emily Aklan is the founder and chief executive of serenity welfare, a uniquely integrated organisation that works with UK-wide local authorities, children’s charities, schools, alternative education provisions, youth Offending Services and other healthcare professionals, offering a fully comprehensive welfare service for children and young people - including those in care - 24-hours-a-day, seven days per week. Emily founded serenity welfare in 2016 after being horrified to discover that children in care - some as young as 10-years-old - were being transported from care home to care home or picked up from police stations after absconding epi...

“A leader has to lead from the front”: serenity welfare’s Emily Aklan discusses the leadership philosophy behind her success and her post-Covid ambitions

Emily Aklan is the founder and chief executive of serenity welfare, a uniquely integrated organisation that works with UK-wide local authorities, children’s charities, schools, alternative education provisions, youth offending services and other healthcare professionals to offer a fully comprehensive 24/7 welfare service for children and young people, including those in care. serenity was born out of Emily’s personal horror at the revelation that children in care, some as young as the age of ten, are often transported from care home to care home or picked up from police stations following acts of absconding in handcuffs, sometimes with their feet tied tog...

Tackling exploitation with mentoring: serenity welfare’s Emily Aklan to speak at The Children in Care Conference 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has proven a significant test to the resilience of children’s social care services in the UK. An already overburdened industry has had to take on the challenge of assisting children and young people in care who are facing long periods of heightened stress and isolation, meaning that the right support is more critical than ever before. Throughout the crisis, the government has recognised that working together with care sector bodies and ensuring an individualised approach are vital to ensuring that children in care can maximise their potential. The Children in Care Conference 2021, which will take place on February 11, is the latest edi...

Hertfordshire children’s rights campaign named Social Enterprise Businesswoman of the Year 2022

  Hertfordshire based Emily Aklan has been recognised as one of this year’s most exceptional women in business at the second annual Great British Businesswoman Awards. Emily, CEOat serenity welfare was honoured as Social Enterprise Businesswoman of the Year.   Emily is one of the UK’s leading children’s rights campaigners. After discovering the appalling way children in care were treated when her nieces narrowly escaped the care system six years ago, Emily devoted herself to helping the UK’s vulnerable children.   As part of her work, Emily founded serenity welfare in 2016 after being horrified to discover that children in care – some as you...

CALL FOR MORE YOUTH WORKERS TO TACKLE EMERGING GANGS THREAT

  CALL FOR MORE YOUTH WORKERS TO TACKLE EMERGING GANGS THREAT Fiona SimpsonTuesday, April 27, 2021 The pandemic has changed the methods criminal gangs use to exploit children. Experts say the shift is exposing young people from rural and affluent areas to greater risks, who will need the support of 10,000 more youth workers. Gangs use social media to groom and recruit children in their criminal operations. Picture: Brian/Adobe Stock Gangs exploiting vulnerable children to carry out criminal activity have adapted their approach during the Covid-19 pandemic creating new risks for young people, campaigners warn. Despite three national lockdow...

Parliamentary Review 2020

A Message from Lord Pickles and Lord Blunkett, followed by serenity welfare's best practice article The ability to listen and learn from one another has always been vital in parliament, in business and in most aspects of daily life. But at this particular moment in time, as national and global events continue to reiterate, it is uncommonly crucial that we forge new channels of communication and reinforce existing ones. The following article from serenity welfare is an attempt to do just that. We would welcome your thoughts on this or any other Parliamentary Review article. View the pdf here View the whole article here  ...