what do

LegacyUser

a relative of mine who is a minor, is living in dire poverty, ie. his ma cant be arsed to direct him to eat anything healthier than coke and crisps when he wakes up first thing, and he shares really small living quarters with her and a cat which is never allowed out of the very VERY small house, and who's poo is left open ( and lots of it ) exposed in the kitchen.

He is starting to miss school.


Just wondering whether to report this now, while he is still a minor, or whether to just ignore it all. and continue to just let time do its thing.



I have offered to help his mum, but she just refuses to see the problems right under her nose. The sheer thickness of the smell of cat **** that hits your nose when you enter the house, is just absolutely sickening, and I have no doubt that she is putting his health at risk .


How do I go about it? Or keep nose out of?

tenchi-fan

I've no idea why they stopped making home economics compulsory in schools.

If the child is in danger an anonymous report to social services might sort the mother out.

calibelle

You cant just leave it. Can you contact his class teacher and tell them what's going on? they can take any necessary steps after that.

Sardonicat

Just go to social services. Don't worry about being anonymous, this is a situation that is clearly in need of intervention from outside. You are able to see that this can't go on, you need to be the responsible adult and intervene. For whatever reason, this mother doesn't seem able to take care of herself at the moment, let alone a minor and cats! If you can, take some pictures of the home to back up your claim. You have offered your help to the mother to no avail, the next step is to get social workers involved. You won't be doing anything wrong by doing this. Fair play to you for caring.

LegacyUser

Thanks for your replies.
Does anyone have any links for contacts? who exactly do I make this call to?

HSE ? HSA ? social services as in ? I need to know where to go with this, and how to go about bringing sufficient enough light on this situ, so that a serious intervention will be made.

anyone know what number to ring?

JuliusCaesar

This is who to contact and how.