After a period as a local authority child care officer, Bob Holman entered academic life. He left his post as Professor of Social Administration at the University of Bath 10 years later to establish a child care community project on a council estate. For the last 15 years he has lived and worked on the Easterhouse Estate in Glasgow. He is also Visiting Professor in Social Policy at Glasgow University. Bob Holman won the Community Care Readers' Award 2000 in acknowledgement of his significant contribution to the field of social care.

"...valuable and absorbing... it offers a powerful perspective on our current situation in relation to the welfare of children, and the dramatic disadvantage of many of the communities in which our children live." Regeneration & Renewal 2/11/01 "Holman's literary eulogy to his champions is a recommended read for anyone like me who has a background of working with children or who is involved in campaigning for their rights. It is as enlightening as it is interesting and this is another reason why many others, students and social readers alike, will enjoy this fine book." Christian Socialist, Feb 2002 "It should be essential reading on every social work course, for the professional needs to understand what has been lost, but also to gain a vision for what would be possible if we learn from what has been contributed." "Buy this book. Read it , and give it to others to read. It encourages and inspires" The Extra Mile

• Eleanor Rathbone (1872-1946); Marjory Allen (1897-1976); Barbara Kahan (1920-2000); John Stroud (1923-89); Clare Winnicott (1906-84); Peter Townsend (1928- ); Bob Holman (1936- ): A child care participant - living through the changes ; Past, present and future.

After a period as a local authority child care officer, Bob Holman entered academic life. He left his post as Professor of Social Administration at the University of Bath 10 years later to establish a child care community project on a council estate. For the last 15 years he has lived and worked on the Easterhouse Estate in Glasgow. He is also Visiting Professor in Social Policy at Glasgow University. Bob Holman won the Community Care Readers' Award 2000 in acknowledgement of his significant contribution to the field of social care.

"...valuable and absorbing... it offers a powerful perspective on our current situation in relation to the welfare of children, and the dramatic disadvantage of many of the communities in which our children live." Regeneration & Renewal 2/11/01 "Holman's literary eulogy to his champions is a recommended read for anyone like me who has a background of working with children or who is involved in campaigning for their rights. It is as enlightening as it is interesting and this is another reason why many others, students and social readers alike, will enjoy this fine book." Christian Socialist, Feb 2002 "It should be essential reading on every social work course, for the professional needs to understand what has been lost, but also to gain a vision for what would be possible if we learn from what has been contributed." "Buy this book. Read it , and give it to others to read. It encourages and inspires" The Extra Mile

• Eleanor Rathbone (1872-1946); Marjory Allen (1897-1976); Barbara Kahan (1920-2000); John Stroud (1923-89); Clare Winnicott (1906-84); Peter Townsend (1928- ); Bob Holman (1936- ): A child care participant - living through the changes ; Past, present and future.

After a period as a local authority child care officer, Bob Holman entered academic life. He left his post as Professor of Social Administration at the University of Bath 10 years later to establish a child care community project on a council estate. For the last 15 years he has lived and worked on the Easterhouse Estate in Glasgow. He is also Visiting Professor in Social Policy at Glasgow University. Bob Holman won the Community Care Readers' Award 2000 in acknowledgement of his significant contribution to the field of social care.

"...valuable and absorbing... it offers a powerful perspective on our current situation in relation to the welfare of children, and the dramatic disadvantage of many of the communities in which our children live." Regeneration & Renewal 2/11/01 "Holman's literary eulogy to his champions is a recommended read for anyone like me who has a background of working with children or who is involved in campaigning for their rights. It is as enlightening as it is interesting and this is another reason why many others, students and social readers alike, will enjoy this fine book." Christian Socialist, Feb 2002 "It should be essential reading on every social work course, for the professional needs to understand what has been lost, but also to gain a vision for what would be possible if we learn from what has been contributed." "Buy this book. Read it , and give it to others to read. It encourages and inspires" The Extra Mile

• Eleanor Rathbone (1872-1946); Marjory Allen (1897-1976); Barbara Kahan (1920-2000); John Stroud (1923-89); Clare Winnicott (1906-84); Peter Townsend (1928- ); Bob Holman (1936- ): A child care participant - living through the changes ; Past, present and future.