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Winestead Hall, England Updated June 2003
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Tvind
'travelling high school' college near Hull. As well as young
people who have paid to go on a Tvind aid project in Africa, Winestead
is believed to be offering 'care' for emotionally disturbed teenagers
over 16, paid for by social work departments.
In early 2003, East Yorkshire social services department was asked by the probation service to investigate Winestead, following complaints that vulnerable teenagers were in the care of unqualified volunteers - who also might not be vetted by police to work with minors.
However, social workers do not appear to have taken any action.
Winestead, a former psychiatric hospital, has belonged to Tvind for several years - it is owned by Argyll Smith, a Tvind offshore company in Jersey, to whom it pays rent.
Under Tvind it has passed through two
phases:
Winestead Hall School 1984-98
From around 1984 to 1998 Winestead was a Tvind-run small school for emotionally disturbed children, whose very high fees were paid by British local authorities. The school was staffed by Tvind teachers and volunteers, many completely unqualified. It was closed down in 1998 after an investigation by the Charity Commission.
The head teacher, Steen Thomsen,
resigned from the Teachers Group and publicly stated that Tvind is a
cult. 
more on
this
The College for International Cooperation and Development (CICD) 1998-
In 1998, after the Small School was closed down, the building reopened as the College for International Cooperation and Development for young adults. There have been numerous complaints about the quality of education and about being made to fundraise on street corners. The college's head teacher, Karen Barsoe, was one oft he original founders of the Teachers Group in the 1970s.
In 2000, the college was featured in an investigative article in The Times.
next
page 
Tvind Alert would like to acknowledge the support of Humberside Probation Board in this investigation.
Tvind
'travelling high school' college near Hull. As well as young
people who have paid to go on a Tvind aid project in Africa, Winestead
is believed to be offering 'care' for emotionally disturbed teenagers
over 16, paid for by social work departments.
In early 2003, East Yorkshire social services department was asked by the probation service to investigate Winestead, following complaints that vulnerable teenagers were in the care of unqualified volunteers - who also might not be vetted by police to work with minors.
However, social workers do not appear to have taken any action.
Winestead, a former psychiatric hospital, has belonged to Tvind for several years - it is owned by Argyll Smith, a Tvind offshore company in Jersey, to whom it pays rent.
Under Tvind it has passed through two
phases:
Winestead Hall School 1984-98
From around 1984 to 1998 Winestead was a Tvind-run small school for emotionally disturbed children, whose very high fees were paid by British local authorities. The school was staffed by Tvind teachers and volunteers, many completely unqualified. It was closed down in 1998 after an investigation by the Charity Commission.
The head teacher, Steen Thomsen,
resigned from the Teachers Group and publicly stated that Tvind is a
cult. more on
this
The College for International Cooperation and Development (CICD) 1998-
In 1998, after the Small School was closed down, the building reopened as the College for International Cooperation and Development for young adults. There have been numerous complaints about the quality of education and about being made to fundraise on street corners. The college's head teacher, Karen Barsoe, was one oft he original founders of the Teachers Group in the 1970s.
In 2000, the college was featured in an investigative article in The Times.
next
page
Tvind Alert would like to acknowledge the support of Humberside Probation Board in this investigation.
The College for International Cooperation and Development (CICD) 1998-
In 1998, after the Small School was closed down, the building reopened as the College for International Cooperation and Development for young adults. There have been numerous complaints about the quality of education and about being made to fundraise on street corners. The college's head teacher, Karen Barsoe, was one oft he original founders of the Teachers Group in the 1970s.
In 2000, the college was featured in an investigative article in The Times.
next
page
Tvind Alert would like to acknowledge the support of Humberside Probation Board in this investigation.
In 2000, the college was featured in an investigative article in The Times.
next
page
Tvind Alert would like to acknowledge the support of Humberside Probation Board in this investigation.
next
page
Tvind Alert would like to acknowledge the support of Humberside Probation Board in this investigation.
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