A call has been made for the survivors of child sexual abuse to come forward and contribute to a national inquiry.

Islington Survivors Network has set up a website, www.islingtonsurvivors.co.uk, to find survivors and witnesses to non-recent abuse within Islington children’s homes since the 1950s.

The website has been launched by Liz Davies, social worker and reader in child protection at London Metropolitan University, along with survivors of abuse.

Dr Davies blew the whistle on the paedophile scandal at Islington children’s homes in the early 1990s.

She believes that most of the evidence surrounding the abuse has still not been uncovered.

Submissions and testimony will be presented to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, chaired by Justice Lowell Goddard.

Islington Survivors Network has applied for core participant status in order to gain legal representation at the inquiry.

The Islington campaign has been based on that of the 600 Lambeth survivors of Shirley Oaks Children’s Homes.

• Keywords
  CHILD ABUSE, EXAMINATIONS, CHILDREN'S HOMES
• Geographical keyword
  ISLINGTON (METROPOLITAN BOROUGH)
• Persons keyword
  Islington Survivors Network [Abused Children's Support Group], Liz Davis, Shirley Oaks Children's Homes