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Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. The Woman's Hour Guide to Life collection is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/guidetolife

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SEND petition, Helen Fielding, Women's Rugby, Child photographers, Teen Summit

October 20, 2026

Nuala McGovern (0:00)

Hello, this is Nuala McGovern, and you're listening to the Woman's Hour Podcast. Hello and welcome to the programme. Well, today, a group of parents of children with SEND are delivering a petition to Downing Street. They're calling for an end to school fines and prosecutions for families whose children face barriers…

On most smart speakers, you can say, Alexa, ask BBC Sounds to send a comment. Or you can text the programme. The number is 84844 on social media. We're at BBC Women's Hour. Or you can email us through our website. That conversation coming up in just a moment. But also today, the author Helen Fielding will be here…

Maddie Roberts (2:07)

The big concern is obviously the pressure and stress that that puts on a family when you're already in crisis.

You're trying to get support for your child. You want your child to be attending school, but if their needs aren't being met in school and they can't go, for our family obviously we managed to get to the point of being able to get that support from the mental health services to not receive the fine. But we know that…

Nuala McGovern (2:42)

So that's Maddie Roberts. The actor Anna Maxwell Martin has also joined the campaign. She has frequently appeared on our Send in the Spotlight podcast where she shared her views on school fines. Here's a little of what she has said.

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