Robert Mark Glover

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Robert Glover is founder and executive director of the UK children's charity Care for Children. [1] Glover also works as an advisor to the Chinese government on social welfare for disadvantaged children. [2]

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Early life

Glover grew up not knowing his father, and was raised by his mother, grandmother and two sisters in Norfolk, England. [3] He played for Norwich City football club in his youth, and later played football for Portsmouth F.C., [4] but stopped following an injury. [3]

Career

After joining the Royal Navy, Glover went on to work for the Norfolk County Council and eventually got a degree[ where? ] in social work. On a trip to Shanghai with a friend, Glover was appointed by the director of Shanghai's Civil Affairs Bureau, to work with them as senior consultant in developing their child welfare system to include foster care. [5] The charity Care for Children was registered in the UK, and Glover signed an agreement to start in 1998. [5]

Accompanied by his wife and six children, Glover moved to Shanghai to work moving orphans and vulnerable children from institutional care into foster family care. [6] [7] [8] The fostering project was launched with the objectives of 1) establishing a foster care program for children in the Shanghai state orphanage and 2) setting up a program of childcare training. [3] [5] After a successful pilot project, the Ministry of Civil Affairs asked Glover to move to Beijing to act as advisor to the government and help roll out the foster care program. [9]

Following a successful pilot project, the Shanghai government awarded Glover the White Magnolia Award for outstanding services to the city. [2] [1] In 2005, he was awarded an OBE in Queen Elizabeth II's 2005 New Year Honours. [2] [1] [10]

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  10. ↑ "New Year Honours--United Kingdom", The London Gazette of Thursday 30 December 2004 Supplement No. 1; accessed 14 August 2020.


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