A fundraiser has been launched so that primary school student Archie – who was mugged and assaulted during an incident in Shanklin last year – can attend therapy sessions. The 10-year-old was subject to a ‘mugging’ on the evening of 7th May 2023. As first reported by Island Echo Archie was ‘attacked’ when he and a friend were approached whilst they walked along Regent Street in Shanklin. A 17-year-old boy assaulted Archie – leaving him with a bloodied nose – before taking his rucksack, prompting a member of the public to give chase. Archie’s bag was recovered. The offender was arrested on suspicion of robbery, before being released whilst inquiries continued. Island Echo understands that the 17-year-old has yet to be charged. Since the ordeal, Archie has suffered from severe stress and anxiety and has even lost patches of his hair. The primary school pupil has also felt unsafe in his bedroom. A fundraiser has since been launched to raise some money so that Archie can attend therapy sessions in attempts to help him get over his trauma.
“It’s been almost a year since it’s happened and he hasn’t managed to heal and we just want the happy, life loving boy back. “Anything people can help with would be greatly appreciated.”
Anyone wishing to donate to the cause can do so here.
Shocking, we wish him well.
Sounds like the nasty 17 year old youth who assaulted him also needs therapy….
Charging the scumbag would be a start. Absolutely shameful. How is the Boy supposed to feel safe, when he sees there are no consequences for what he was subjected to. No amount of therapy can make him believe otherwise.
Someone posted on the original story:
“The attackers punishment won’t last as long as the poor boys trauma & memories”
Sadly, they’ve been proved very right. How nice it would be if we could prove that the Island people are a caring, empathetic community.
Please people, help if you can!
What is happening on this once safe island.
There are no excuses for the 17 year old, he needs locking up.
If it happened a year ago has he not already sought psychological help via Youth Trust/ the NHS without needing to burden the public?
Do you know what the waiting lists are like? Currently 12% waiting for more than a year, many well over nine months.
Some specialist therapies have an even longer wait.
Yup, I have a mate who’s been waiting 18 months to help with his undiagnosed ASD. But as he’s an adult, at the back of the queue.
Just for once TRY seeing the connection between long queues for our health, including mental health service AND millions of arrivals not born here, and even more millions born to earlier arrivals now here, breaking not only the health service but the prisons, education, and our housing services too.
Jeeze, think you lot need to start using your eyes, and brain, and ignore the WOKE BBC daily brainwash for a while.
Millions?? Hahaha…why let facts get in the way of ridiculous exaggeration, eh? Net migration is roughly 300,000, 82% of whom have full times jobs more than the 78% of Brits who do. Conclusion? They work slightly harder than most on here, don’t mind a pay-cut beneath their qualifications and the real problem…roughly 20% of all people of whatever flavour can’t find full time jobs which pay enough to live on. Don’t like facts do you. Stick to your uninformed and nasty opinions, I’ve got this.
Jeez what a fool .. if you go to hospital chances are you will be looked after by a foreign nurse, what you going to do then ? Ask them to return to their own country ? ..ha ha.
Therapies are now being out-sourced to private umbrella companies signposted by the NHS after as said, a very long wait. The umbrella companies win contracts and take a cut. The therapists are on self-employed contracts and work remotely. It costs more in the long run and doesn’t serve the people in need particularly well. But it does save the government having to adhere to contract employment law, pensions etc for therapists and generally, only offers 6-8 sessions to clients, which if not ‘fixed’ within timeframe can then become a metal health issue in future years costing far, far more.
What an awful thing to happen to a little boy. I feel very sorry for him. However I’m not sure why a fundraiser is needed for this. Schools and social have therapy sessions they can put in place for free, there is also barnardos and youth trust that can provide services. Not to mention the NHS. I’m not sure how making this public for the poor boy with his photograph and name etc is going to help him in the long run.
Please read my comment I replied to Lou, I cannot be bothered to make things clear to more than one selfish individual.
Ah the good old go fund me p take
Get therepy through nhs …its been a year? Why do the public need too pay for your private treatment? Yes awful what happened but a go fund me? Cheeky how people are getting these days
How would you like it if it happened to your child? That’s a horrible thing for you to say. And no one’s expecting the public to pay, it’s literally in case anyone wanted to donate. There’s clearly no expectations. It’s also clearly not just for therapy, it’s clearly stating that it’s to get him out and about and try and rebuild the confidence that he lost because of the attack. The person who had made the GoFundMe has clearly stated they’re not the parent, but a close friend trying to help the family.
How is a family friend asking for money by embarrassing a child by telling everyone about his issues including still sleeping in his mums bedroom because he’s too scared, going to help the child in question? no one needed to know that, it should be private, I’m sure the child doesn’t want everyone knowing these things, especially not school friends! How is that going to help his confidence?
Taking him out to do fun things should be down to his parents or maybe this friend who set up the page might want to volunteer to treat them to a nice outing rather than airing his private business.
Plenty of options with no waiting lists through school, social and barnardos for therapy too not sure why none in place after a year.
Maybe you should be more considerate you old fluff
Because therapy lists are massively long (over a year, certainly relative to a child’s life) when sessions do become available it’s usually just a block of 6 x 50 minutes and privately paid for therapy costs minimum of £60 per session and are available now. Without, the potential cost to the mental health service in future years is massive so by asking people to chip in now, in effect they are doing all tax-payers a favour.
Is he not in line for some compensation from the criminal injuries scheme?.. I would have thought so..
He got declined, the justice system failed him
I think me and this 17 year need a little chat
Every sympathy and empathy goes to this young man, like many others who are victims of assault/bullying BUT why can’t his parents/family pay for it huh?. A modern craze this go fund me.
Please read my comment I replied to Lou, I cannot be bothered to make things clear to more than one selfish individual.
Family friend must have asked or told they want to go through the go fund me route to help huh. Adults with their begging bowl again, a modern craze. I feel sorry for the young lad who’s family/friends can’t rally privately and help him instead of asking strangers for a bit of spare cash.
What lump of human excrement at the age of 17 would attack a 10 year old,???…..What dragged it up???….This country is a very sick nation….
Anyone know the 17 year old name?
To ever change this kind of behaviour you have to start at school and stop calling bullying, bullying. It’s not, it’s an assault and the police should be called. These ‘bullies’ grow up thinking they can get what they want just by punching. I would put money on it that that 17 year old was a bully at school and learn that he’ll get away with violent actions. And it seems he is right. The limit police we have just don’t have time. And the courts have no time. And there is no where to lock them up. Modern Tory Britain for you!
Yet STILL no link to prisons teaming with non British named inmates or their children when asking why there is nowhere to ‘lock them up’
SEE the truth, take off the shades and it will be most apparent fred.
80% are White British.
Wait until he is 18 and then charge him.. have him done as an adult not a child!!
Take him to boxing club where he will gain a lot of self confidence,also he will learn a how to defend him self for anything unexpected that might come his way in the future,stay strong kid and keep punching.