COVID-19 could leave legacy of mental ill health among young people
The mental health and wellbeing of children and young people is still being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic a year after the first lockdown struck, suggesting the virus will leave a long-lasting legacy of mental ill health, Barnardo’s has warned.
England went into lockdown in March 2020, but a poll by the children’s charity has [...]
Barnardo’s calls for foster carers as pandemic exacerbates need for stable foster homes
The number of children urgently requiring foster care from Barnardo’s has risen by over a half, the children’s charity has reported.
Between April and December 2020, the number of children referred to Barnardo’s fostering services in England rose by 57% compared to the same period in 2019. The number of referrals to the children’s charity’s fostering [...]
As second lockdown begins, charities urge government to tackle child poverty
Prime minister Boris Johnson has been urged to do more to protect vulnerable children from a ‘winter of hunger and hardship’ by leading children’s charities.
Action for Children, Barnardo’s, NSPCC, NCB and The Children’s Society have united to call for the government to work with them to establish short and longer-term measures to help vulnerable children [...]
Special Report: First national level report on CSE in Scotland published
The vast majority of victims or likely victims of Child Sexual Exploitation have not had a protective, nurturing adult in their lives, a report by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration and Barnardo’s Scotland has found.
The research based on the experiences of 53 girls and 21 boys who were victims or likely victims of sexual exploitation [...]
Children’s services were struggling financially before Covid, warns leading charities
Local authorities had to spend an additional £136 million on children’s social care between March and July, it has emerged.
New analysis from five leading children’s charities, Action for Children, Barnardo’s, the Children’s Society, NCB and the NSPCC, submitted to the Treasury, reveals that even before the pandemic hit these services were facing [...]
Vulnerable children ‘hidden’ in lockdown, warns Barnardo’s
Vulnerable young people are being isolated from the services they need during lockdown, Barnardo’s has warned.
The children’s charity has surveyed its practitioners and found that fewer children and young people were being referred into services, despite increasing need.
Barnardo’s Chief Executive Javed Khan said: “The coronavirus pandemic has meant that vulnerable children and young people are [...]
