| STOP! - 3rd August '10 |
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STOP! The Body Shop needs you! To sign its petition to persuade the government to take better care of children and young people trafficked into the sex industry. Cllr Sarah Bevan was asked to launch the petition in July at the Bath shop (photo shows Cllr Bevan at the first signing up morning with Manager Amy Helsen) when Amy explained to shoppers how the famously ethical retailer aims to collect 2 million signatures by next year. The petition will then be presented to the Prime Minister and afterwards to the United Nations.
Cllr Bevan said:
'There can be no worthier cause for all of us to support than this one. The UK is currently failing to protect these young people and give them the care and support they need to get their lives back. The Body Shop's campaign to persuade the government to provide a guardian for each rescued child and ensure they are not abducted again from local authority care is a fitting tribute to the dream of its late founder, Anita Roddick, whose dying wish was to achieve an end to the sexual exploitation of children.'
You can sign up either at a Body Shop or online at thebodyshop.com/STOP
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