Children should be at heart of recovery process from Coronavirus
More than 150 organisations have urged the government to place children at the heart of the recovery process from the COVID-19 pandemic.
A statement from the 150 organisations, which was coordinated by Action for Children, Barnardo’s, National Children’s Bureau, NSPCC and The Children’s Society, says that this generation of children face unprecedented threats to their childhoods [...]
Children’s directors respond to charities’ concerns over their ability to cope following lockdown
Children’s services leaders have responded to claims made yesterday by a group of children’s charities that they are ill-prepared for the pressures they will face post lockdown.
Years of under-investment have resulted in children’s services fire-fighting and unprepared for the “torrent of extra challenges” posed by COVID-19, the charity’s Barnardo’s. Action for Children, The Children’s Society, [...]
Children’s charities warn that children’s services are ill-prepared to cope with challenges posed by COVID-19
Local authority children’s services are ill-prepared to deal with the challenges posed by the coronavirus lockdown, a group of children’s charities have warned.
Years of under-investment have resulted in children’s services fire-fighting and unprepared for the “torrent of extra challenges” posed by COVID-19, analysis by Barnardo’s. Action for Children, The Children’s Society, NSPCC and the National [...]
700 children a day are at risk of domestic abuse
Almost 700 children are at risk of domestic violence every day, analysis by children's charity Action for Children has found.
Based on official figures from the Department for Education, the analysis finds that more than 25,000 children will be at risk of domestic abuse during the General Election period alone.
As many cases go unreported, [...]
App encourages young people to communicate with social workers
Children in care are being given access to an app encouraging them to share concerns with their social workers.
Action for Children has invested in the pioneering technology which has been co-designed with children and young people.
Action for Children’s National Director, John Egan said: “We’re constantly seeking to find new ways to support and communicate with [...]
One third of teens have mental ill-health
Action for Children spoke to more than 3,000 secondary school age children and found 33% of young people were struggling with mental ill-health and would benefit from support.
According to the charity, some of the most common problems seen in young people were depression, problems sleeping, negative feelings, struggling to 'get going', problems focussing and feeling [...]
