Miss Dorothy

MDC is the brainchild of Sharon Doughty, a campaigner for children’s rights with a proven track record in journalism and television presenting. Born to an Anglo-Indian father and English mother and raised by a culturally diverse extended family, she herself experienced educational difficulties as a child, due to social problems of domestic violence and abuse. She first devised an educational programme for primary school children based on the coping strategies that she herself used as a child; hence the birth of Dorothy Com, a little girl who is not one of the popular group of children in school. A short story and a play were written in conjunction with a workbook and a complete programme for primary school children was developed. This enabled themes such as, ‘what secrets should be shared’ and ‘ways of dealing with personal difficulties’ to be sensitively explored in an engaging way.

Domestic violence and child abuse are the ultimate forms of bullying. The resources and training that MDC offer police officers, teachers and children are designed to empower people to deal with these issues. Given that children with problems are more likely to become adults with problems, giving children the courage to speak out and teachers and police additional tools for encouraging this openness and dealing with the same is recognised independently of MDC as important in shaping future generations.

Further details can be found on www.missdorothy.com