Support plea for children
THE CELEBRITIES WINNING STYLE POINTS THIS WEEK
THE Government must ‘turbo-charge’ plans for mental health support for children in schools and ensure that wellbeing checks are at the heart of its Covid-19 catch-up plans, a charity leader will say.
Schools and teachers must be properly equipped to recognise and respond sensitively to children who have had traumatic experiences in lockdown when they return to the class, the NSPCC is urging.
Sir Peter Wanless, chief executive of the NSPCC, will say that Covid-19 catch-up plans for children must include recovery from trauma and support for mental health to prevent harm from becoming lasting.
During the charity’s two-day conference on safeguarding children, Sir Peter will say it has been ‘a truly awful year for children’.
OUR lives have seriously lacked glamour over the past year, thanks to the pandemic, but we got a much-needed injection of it from the Golden Globes.
Nominees may have been sitting on their sofas, rather than posing in front of banks of photographers, but thankfully there was not a pair of sweatpants in sight.
And who can blame A-listers, not to mention publicity-starved fashion designers, for seizing the opportunity to play dress up on the ‘virtual red carpet’?
The Brits led the way on both awards and style.
London-born Rosamund Pike, 42, who was named best actress for her blackly comic turn in I Care A Lot, stole the show in an over-the-top frou frou pink tulle concoction by Molly Goddard – the designer behind Villanelle’s famous pink frock in Killing Eve.
Fellow Brit Emma Corrin, 25, honoured for her portrayal of Princess Diana in The Crown, lived up to her alter ego’s style icon status in a Pierrot clown-inspired black and white Miu Miu number, while co-star Gillian Anderson shone in a halter-neck Dior design.
Newcomer Andra
Day, 36, picked up the Globe for Best Performance by an
Actress in a Motion
Picture - Drama for her role in The
United States vs.
Billie Holiday, her first film role.
It makes her the first black actress to win the category in 35 years and only the second ever, and she did it in style in sequins and silk from Chanel.