Campaigners Demonstrate at NSPCC and JCB – 6th April 2021

Posted April 11, 2021, by & filed under News, NSPCC / JCB Campaign, Protest Actions.

Despite the cold, committed activists carefully participated in demonstrations on 6th April which focus on two of our campaigns within the UK. One calls for Britain’s largest children’s’ charity, the National Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) to sever its tie with the Bamford family who manufacture JCB equipment used in the demolition… Read more »

JCB’s Complicity in Israeli War Crimes – Statistics are in for 2020

Posted April 10, 2021, by & filed under News, NSPCC / JCB Campaign.

ICAHD UK has been proud to support research undertaken by the Shoal Collective in compiling statistics for the use of British made JCB bulldozers in the demolition of Palestinian homes and structures during 2020. The Collective works in conjunction with Corporate Occupation to provide such information in response to the call from the hundreds of… Read more »

Sample letter for guidance when challenging NSPCC’s position in the standard text it sends to those who have written to it.

Posted March 12, 2021, by & filed under News, NSPCC / JCB Campaign.

Thank you for the response dated [insert date] in which you emphasise that due diligence has been observed in reaching your decision that JCB is indeed a suitable donor for the NSPCC. We find it difficult to accept that the steps you have taken are adequate for the Board and Trustees to reach a fully… Read more »

Report on JCB NSPCC Day of Action (4 March 2021)

Posted March 7, 2021, by & filed under News, NSPCC / JCB Campaign, Protest Actions.

This day reflected a brilliant national collective response to JCB and to the NSPCC, a charity which chooses to accept that firm’s money, despite full knowledge of the company’s tarnished reputation. In a nutshell, JCB is: named by the UN as complicit in Israel’s war crimes. being investigated following Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights complaint… Read more »

How Safe Are Palestinian Children? – NSPCC Day of Action – 4 March 2021

Posted February 12, 2021, by & filed under NSPCC / JCB Campaign, Protest Actions.

Working with our coalition partners, a Day of Action took place on 4th March.   “Every child has the right to grow up safely” … say the NSPCC, in advertising their 4th March conference: HowSafe2021 Every child? Including Palestinian children, right? Apparently not. The NSPCC takes money from JCB, knowing that their equipment is sold to… Read more »

Clearly, not every child is worth fighting for: racism, conscience and the NSPCC

Posted January 13, 2021, by & filed under News, NSPCC / JCB Campaign.

By Dr Martin Kemp UK Palestine Mental Health Network   First published in Middle East Monitor, 12 January 2021 The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is Britain’s largest children’s NGO. It is under pressure to renounce its relationship with J C Bamford Excavators Ltd (JCB), a manufacturer of building machinery,… Read more »

Demolitions Accelerate During November with JCB Bulldozers at It Again

Posted November 26, 2020, by & filed under House Demolitions, News, NSPCC / JCB Campaign.

JCB, the British company targeted by ICAHD because of its use in demolishing Palestinian homes, has been at it again.  Throughout November Israeli authorities have been sweeping through Area C of the West Bank with another surge of demolitions and for many of them, JCB bulldozers were used. On Wednesday, 25th November demolitions occurred in… Read more »