\n Natalie Phillips, best known for her role on Geordie Shore, attended the campaign launch event at Shotley Bridge Cricket Ground on Saturday (September 27), where she stood alongside relatives, MPs and campaigners in calling for stronger child protection measures.\n<\/p>\n
\n Natalie Phillips and Cruze Ryder Phillips(Image: SARAH CALDECOTT)\n<\/p>\n
\n Now working in safeguarding and children\u2019s services, she described her involvement as a \u201cno-brainer\u201d given both her professional role and close friendship with Maya\u2019s great aunt, Gemma Chappell, who is spearheading the campaign.\n<\/p>\n
\n Natalie said: \u201cThis launch event is like one big family \u2013 we support each other. The Consett community unites when we need to, and when there is something vital like this.\n<\/p>\n
\n “To stand here with Maya\u2019s family and support their fight for change is a privilege.\n<\/p>\n
\n Rachael Walls, Gemma Chappell and Kerrie Robinson(Image: SARAH CALDECOTT)\n<\/p>\n
\n “It’s heartbreaking what happened to Gemma and her family and I’m glad that I can play any part in that”.\n<\/p>\n
\n Natalie has so far provided support for the Chappell family, as well as helping secure a signed Sunderland football shirt, which has been auctioned off to support funding the Maya’s Law campaign.\n<\/p>\n
\n The TV star has also committed to doing more charity challenges for the campaign going forward.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I’m always having crazy and unique ways of doing something for charity, so I’ll think of how I can best support Gemma and the campaign.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The Maya’s Law campaign launch at Shotley Bridge Cricket Club(Image: SARAH CALDECOTT)\n<\/p>\n
\n The Maya\u2019s Law campaign calls for a Child Risk Disclosure Scheme (CRDS), urging police, councils, health services and other agencies to share information about caregivers with concerning histories.\n<\/p>\n
\n The proposals also include stronger multi-agency responses and new powers to raise safeguarding alerts and trigger family court interventions.\n<\/p>\n
\n Two-year-old Maya was killed in September 2022 at her home in Shotton Colliery by her mother\u2019s partner, Michael Daymond.\n<\/p>\n
\n Maya Chappell(Image: FAMILY)\n<\/p>\n
\n A safeguarding review last year concluded her death could not have been predicted but identified \u201cmissed opportunities\u201d in the case.\n<\/p>\n
\n Her great aunt, Gemma Chappell, said the family will not let Maya\u2019s death be in vain.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cChildren don\u2019t have a voice \u2013 we need to be their voice. Maya\u2019s Law will do that. We\u2019re just a simple family from County Durham who want to bring about vital change.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Gemma Chappell and Liz Twist MP(Image: SARAH CALDECOTT)\n<\/p>\n
\n The public petition has already attracted more than 4,000 signatures, with campaigners urging more people to sign to help reach 10,000 for a Government response and 100,000 to trigger a parliamentary debate.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Maya’s Law petition can be found here<\/strong><\/a> , and the fundraising page can be found here<\/strong><\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \n \n The Maya’s Law proposals call for:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n During the launch on Saturday, Gemma recalled the agony of sitting at Maya\u2019s hospital bedside for three days while she died, describing it as \u201cexcruciating.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n Gemma’s sister, Rachael Walls, remembered Maya as the \u201csmiliest girl\u201d who loved eating and being with her family.\n<\/p>\n \n For Maya\u2019s family, support from high-profile figures like Natalie Phillips has provided fresh momentum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Natalie Phillips, best known for her role on Geordie Shore, attended the campaign launch event at Shotley Bridge…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[77,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-471540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115311251249779280","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Maya’s family have launched the Maya’s Law campaign(Image: FAMILY)\n<\/p>\n
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