{"id":2675,"date":"2021-03-06T09:43:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T09:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?p=2675"},"modified":"2021-03-06T09:43:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T09:43:11","slug":"jcb-march-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk\/?p=2675","title":{"rendered":"JCB – March 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

REPORT ON JCB NSPCC DAY OF ACTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This day reflected a brilliant national, collective response to JCB and to the NSPCC, a charity which chooses to accept that firm\u2019s money, despite full knowledge of the company\u2019s tarnished reputation. In a nutshell, JCB is:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         named by the UN as complicit in Israel\u2019s war crimes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         being investigated following Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights complaint for failures to observe OECD guidelines on human rights.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         increasingly visible in reports of home demolitions in Palestine as here<\/a> in Channel 4 and here<\/a> in Tom Anderson\u2019s film.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SO, WHAT HAPPENED ON 4TH<\/sup> MARCH?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the first day of a national conference organized by the NSPCC. In the advert, NSPCC asserts \u2018Every Child has the Right to Grow up Safely\u2019, and the campaign response was \u2018How Safe are Palestinian Children?\u2019 Our demand was that NSPCC stop taking money from JCB; the values of the company are totally at variance with the stated values of the charity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The campaign coalition comprises: The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD UK), Social Work Action Network (SWAN), UK Palestine Mental Health Network, PSC England and Wales, Scottish PSC, the Shoal Collective, Boycott Israel Network (BIN), Protecting Palestinian Families.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

E-ACTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Each of the 50 speakers and facilitators of the Conference received two letters, one from the broad coalition, one from the Director of PSC, informing them of concerns about NSPCC\u2019s acceptance of JCB\u2019s defences of itself and the charity\u2019s continued partnership with the firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         9,337 letters were sent, facilitated by PSC, from 3000+ participating supporters. These went to 3 key members of the NSPCC\u2019 s decision making body: CEO, Peter Wanless; Chair of Trustees, Neil Berkett and Head of Fundraising, Josephine Swinhoe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Many individualized letters were sent to the NSPCC by members of the coalition groups, but also by concerned non-aligned people, friends and colleagues who were shocked at the link between JCB and NSPCC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         A Twitter storm saw huge numbers of posts being made, using the conference hashtag (#HowSafe2021) and the campaign hashtag (#HowSafeArePalestinianChildren) and copying @NSPCC and @JCBmachines<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAMPAIGN PROMOTION WEBINARS: <\/strong>The campaign has been widely promoted, airing the issues effectively.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       ICAHD UK<\/strong> has hosted 3 webinars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n