Children’s charities: The next PM must implement care review recommendations
Leading children’s charities have urged the next prime minister to place vulnerable children at the heart of government.
In an open letter to the final two candidates hoping to become the next leader of the Conservative Party and the UK’s next Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, the charities warn that spending on late [...]
Spending on early help services halves in decade
Spending on early intervention for services has halved over the last 10 years, charities have warned.
Between 2010 and 2020, local authorities in England reduced spending on early intervention services from £3.6bn to £1.8bn, analysis of council budgets by a group of leading children’s charities has revealed.
The most deprived local authorities in the UK reduced early [...]
Response to 'Case for Change'
What the children’s services sector said about the independent review into children’s social care.
ADCSThe Association of Directors of Children’s Services President, Charlotte Ramsden, said: “This review is a once in a generation opportunity to make meaningful and lasting change for the children and young people who need our help and support to thrive. The case [...]
140 organisations state: Government needs to prioritise children following pandemic
Supporting babies, children and young people to recover from the impact of the pandemic is still not a priority for government investment, a coalition of organisations has warned.
The resignation of Sir Kevan Collins as education recovery commissioner highlights the “disturbing truth” that children are not a priority, said the coalition which includes NCB, The [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
