Dont Bother Redesigning the Vetting and Barring Scheme, Just Scrap It, Says Youth Education Charity WORLDwrite
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Mervyn points out: "Colleges, universities, employers, and volunteer organisations are no longer prepared to take chances with anyone who has got a criminal record, no matter how minor, how old or how irrelevant it is.WORLDwrite-WORLDbytes Director Viv Regan said today: "The distrust whipped up by the scheme and destruction of peoples lives based on allegations and suspicion is far more dangerous than the miniscule risk of someone dodgy getting employed or volunteering.For more general information, please visit: www.worldwrite.org.uk & www.worldbytes.org ### London, United Kingdom, September 22, 2010 --( PR.com )-- Earlier this year, the Coalition government announced the temporary suspension of the Vetting and Barring Scheme under which 9 million people were set to be CRB checked.A timely short report filmed by young volunteers working with the East London based youth education charity WORLDwrite and its Citizen TV channel WORLDbytes suggests not.On the programme, entitled "The Age of Accusations," Mervyn Barrett from the charity NACRO, which works with ex offenders, explains that whilst reform may reduce the number of occupations covered by the scheme, people who are cautioned or even convicted with minor offences still face the prospect of being barred from many jobs on the basis of allegations alone.Mervyn points out: "Colleges, universities, employers, and volunteer organisations are no longer prepared to take chances with anyone who has got a criminal record, no matter how minor, how old or how irrelevant it is."Increasingly large numbers of people are being refused places on childcare courses, healthcare courses and other educational avenues on the basis of a reprimand picked up as 15 year olds.WORLDwrite-WORLDbytes Director Viv Regan said today:"The distrust whipped up by the scheme and destruction of peoples lives based on allegations and suspicion is far more dangerous than the miniscule risk of someone dodgy getting employed or volunteering.