Co-parenting, Homelessness and women, Dr Jessica Taylor
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Being evicted from your home is an incredibly distressing time for anyone. Something 56-year-old Heidi Dodson is about to experience, she's being evicted by her private landlord from her home. She approached her local council for priority housing but was declined. In a letter from Thurrock Council, she was told she should be able to function 'reasonably well' if she ends up on the streets. Thurrock Council say they are 'truly sorry for the language used in this letter and the distress it has caused. Heidi speaks to Clare McDonnell along with Polly Neate, Chief Executive of housing charity Shelter.
What is it really like to be a co-parent? Hayley Allen’s son spends the weekdays with his dad and she takes care of him at the weekends. Carly Harris’ two children spend 80% of their time with her and are looked after by their dad every other weekend. Clare talks to Hayley and Carly about the difficulties and benefits of co-parenting.
Dr Jessica Taylor is a best-selling author and chartered psychologist who runs the research consultancy VictimFocus. Her new book, Underclass, is a memoir, detailing her childhood on a council estate in Stoke, the trauma and abuse she suffered and her journey to becoming a professional campaigning on behalf of other victims. Jessica joins Clare to talk about why she wanted to write it.
As the second wife of Henry VIII Anne Boleyn’s life and death have been well-documented but what about her sister Mary? A new play, The Other Boleyn Girl, has opened at Chichester Festival Theatre based on Philippa Gregory's best-selling novel. Lucy Phelps plays Mary and Freya Mavor is Anne – they join Philippa Gregory in a conversation with Clare.
Presenter: Clare McDonnell Producer: Emma Pearce
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| 0:45.0 | Today, a 56-year-old woman about to be evicted from her privately rented accommodation, |
| 0:52.0 | she approached her local authority for help. |
| 0:54.4 | Her priority housing application was declined and then she received a letter telling her she should |
| 1:00.6 | be able to function reasonably well if she ends up on the streets. |
| 1:05.2 | Thorough Council in Essex has apologised for the wording of the letter, but with Housing |
| 1:09.8 | Charity Shelter saying women have been disproportionately affected by the housing crisis |
| 1:15.0 | and rising rents. Why are women in situations like this tumbling down that priority list? |
| 1:21.0 | We're going to hear from shelter on the program this morning and |
| 1:23.7 | speak to the woman at the center of it all, Heidi Dodson. Here's another question for |
| 1:28.8 | you. When is a woman a great dad? Answer, according to one of our guests today, is when she co-parents at the weekends. |
| 1:36.5 | It's what many fathers do, of course, after a couple split. The problem Haley Allen has is that she says she gets judged and called unmotherly for being perfectly |
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