Overview
Carrie-Anne Ridsdale (Carrie), who presents publicly as Jayne Price repeatedly claims authority to make social services referrals and enforces strict volunteer vetting based on social services recommendations, but official social services deny any endorsement or referral rights.
Early in 2022, Carrie established a strict policy that volunteers must have no criminal convictions or social services recommendations preventing them from being around children or vulnerable adults. This was consistently reiterated throughout 2022 and 2023, with emphasis on clean DBS checks and social services stipulations as key criteria for volunteer eligibility. Carrie also claimed to have extensive child protection and safeguarding training, asserting recognition by social services and Cardiff University, and stated that she could make referrals to social services when necessary. She positioned her baby bank as a self-referral service to avoid involving social workers, reflecting a distrustful stance towards social services and social workers, whom she described as intrusive or hostile to families. Carrie also claimed to advocate for mothers against social services and to protect vulnerable individuals from those with criminal or social services restrictions.
Throughout 2023 and into 2024, Carrie-Anne Ridsdale continued to assert that social services contacted her regarding families and that she had a duty of care to exclude individuals with social services recommendations from her premises. She warned families about the risks of social services involvement, portraying them as threatening and intrusive, and advised against contacting social services for food bank assistance to avoid triggering referrals. Carrie also claimed to have received positive feedback from health and social care practitioners and council professionals, though these claims lack external verification.
In mid-2024 and 2025, Carrie escalated accusations against social services and social workers, alleging corruption, incompetence, and wrongful removal of children. She claimed to have been employed by social services and to have studied nursing and social care, though no registration or qualification evidence supports this. Carrie publicly stated that she does not make social services referrals unless absolutely necessary, yet admitted in a public broadcast that she is qualified to do so but chooses not to report to maintain trust with mothers. She also asserted that social workers have a duty to inform her about volunteers with children on at-risk registers, implying a level of collaboration not corroborated by official records.
Official social services and council sources explicitly deny any endorsement of Jayne's Baby Bank or authorization for it to make referrals on their behalf. This denial directly contradicts Carrie-Anne Ridsdale's repeated public claims of registration, referral authority, and collaboration with social services. Carrie's framing of social services as adversarial and corrupt contrasts with her claims of receiving referrals and information from them. Additionally, Carrie's insistence on excluding individuals with social services recommendations from volunteering or accessing services reflects a self-imposed safeguarding regime not validated by statutory bodies.
Carrie's conduct raises safeguarding concerns, particularly regarding the accuracy of her claims about social services relationships and her unilateral decisions about volunteer eligibility based on unverified social services recommendations. The absence of official endorsement or partnership with social services means that Carrie-Anne Ridsdale's safeguarding practices operate outside formal oversight, potentially exposing vulnerable individuals to unregulated decisions. Carrie's public accusations against social workers and social services, including calls for criminal accountability, further complicate the safeguarding landscape around her operations.
In summary, Carrie's narrative about social services involvement is inconsistent with official records, with social services denying any formal relationship or referral authority. Carrie maintains a strict, self-defined safeguarding policy based on social services recommendations but lacks statutory backing. This discrepancy poses regulatory and safeguarding risks, as Carrie-Anne Ridsdale exercises significant control over vulnerable individuals without formal oversight or verified credentials.
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