WORK: This section of the site shows the diversity of work that Emma is involved in, from the Foreign Affairs committee at the European Parliament to constituency work in South East England.

Appeal For Medical Aid For Lebanon

Emma visited Lebanon in the middle of August 2006, just before the cease-fire came into effect, and was witness to an Israeli bombardment in a residential area in Beirut . She met the President of Lebanon, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Parliament, the leaders of the Parliamentary factions, the religious leaders, the representatives […]

Baroness Nicholson’s credentials in Child Health and Development

Press release, 2006
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP is currently World Health Organisation Special Envoy for Health, Peace and Development, an honorary post that was recently reconfirmed.
She is a former Board Member of UNICEF (UK), Director of Save the Children (UK), consultant to Barnardos, National Children’s Homes, Westminster Children’s Hospital, & Foster Parents, Plan and other […]

Baroness Nicholson visits Lebanon and launches appeal for medical aid

Press release
Amman, 15th August 2006. 
Following a 2 day visit to Lebanon, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP said, “the rules of war need to be completely re-written.”
Witness to a fierce bombardment of the Shiyah suburb of Beirut just before the ceasefire came into effect, Baroness Nicholson said “I believe this is the first time since 1945 […]

Public visibility of MEPs in South East England

Press statement for the Milton Keynes News
June 2006
 
I would like to thank the MK News for their interest in their Members of the European Parliament and their survey about the level of citizens’ interest.  I am disturbed by the findings of the survey which show a real lack of awareness of our identities and work.  […]

More community nurses are needed in Romania

200 Community Nurses to be trained and hired   

Press statement, 1st November 2006
The Romanian Children’s High Level Group announce a new “civil society-government partnership” to promote community nursing in Romania.
The Romanian Children’s High Level Group will fund the training and employment of 100 community nurses – with funding the Romanian Government for another 100.
Community nurses carry […]

JK Rowling and Children’s High Level Group meet Czech Ambassador to Romania

PRESS STATEMENT – Bucharest, 26th January 2006
Three members of the newly formed Children’s High Level Group – Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP, Professor Kevin Browne, and the children’s writer JK Rowling – today met Radek Pech, the Czech Ambassador to Romania, in the British Council offices in Bucharest.
The purpose of the meeting was to introduce […]

ROMANIA FOR EUROPEAN CHILDREN

Statement at launch of Children’s High Level Group in Romania
Bucharest, 13th January 2006
Press release
This mornings press conference was called by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP,  Mr Ion Tiriac and Mrs Theodora Bertzi, representing Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu) in order to announce the following initiatives:

ROMANIA FOR EUROPEAN CHILDREN fundraising dinner, with guest of honour J.K. […]

Romanian child rights experts comment on child welfare reform

Press release
Statement by group of independent Romanian child right experts, issued in response to an interview on RTE (Radio Television Eire) with John Mulligan.
Bucharest, August 3rd 2006
FACTS:
-  Romania’s population is almost 23.000.000 inhabitants;
-  In December 2004 Romania had 82,918 children in the child care system;
- 50,239 of these children live with their families (including 15,834 […]

Launch of Children’s High Level Group

PRESS STATEMENT
25TH JAN 2006
The new NGO will promote child welfare reform across Europe
In the past, the following statements have been made:
“The year 2005 has marked the entry into force of two new laws related to the promotion and protection of child rights and the legal status of adoptions.  These reforms emphasise the primary responsibility of the […]

How the Children’s High Level Group allocated its funds

Press release, 1st November 2006

The funds raised in Romania and UK in 2006 were allocated as follows:

Community Nurses Initiative
The CHLG has agreed, in a matching partnership scheme with the Government, to sponsor the employment and training of 100 community nurses (making a total if 200 nurses altogether) in order to help implement part of the […]