Tag: Barnardo’s

Barnardo’s has provided almost £400,000 to families since July, with parents seeking help for food, clothing and beds as well as activities to stop children missing out during the school holidays.  New analysis from Barnardo’s Child Poverty Fund shows that more than 1,800 applications, worth just over £395,000, were approved in the period 1st July – 31st August, with an average grant of approximately £200 per application.   Active since November 2024, Barnardo’s Child Poverty Fund provides targeted, practical support to families who already access Barnardo’s services.  While families this…

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With the new school term now in full swing, thousands of children and young people will be finishing library reading challenges. For many children, books offer the chance to discover new worlds and perspectives. They can also provide something equally important: the opportunity to see their own experiences reflected in stories about friendship, family, belonging and growing up. Barnardo’s supports thousands of children, young people and families in and leaving care. To mark the end of the summer reading season, the charity asked some of these children and young people…

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Barnardo’s is calling on the government to introduce a Child Health Action Plan. In a new report, the charity warns that too many children’s futures are being damaged because the health system is responding to problems late, rather than preventing them.  The charity’s report, Building the Healthiest Ever Generation: A Child-Centred Vision for Neighbourhood Health, highlights how children’s health is shaped long before they reach a GP surgery or hospital. They cite that:  One in five children and young people aged 8–25 in England now has a probable mental health condition.   More than one in five children are…

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A vital Barnardo’s service that supports child victims of modern slavery and trafficking is being rolled out across all local authorities in England and Wales. The expanded Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship (ICTG) service will make sure more children who have experienced, or are at risk of, trafficking, modern slavery and exploitation can access the specialist support they need to stay safe, recover and rebuild their lives. The new £25m contract from the Home Office will see the service rolled out to areas not currently covered, building on more than a…

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Online abuse and harassment are “constant, corrosive and deeply embedded” for young people across the country, according to a Barnardo’s-commissioned poll of 4,000 young people in the UK about their experiences of online misogyny. The results from thousands of 13- to 20-year-olds show how they experience misogyny online –   over a quarter (28%) of girls in Scotland saying they’d been called degrading names online and five in seven (72%[1] )  boys are saying they believed they are expected to “act tough and not show emotion”. The findings also highlight how…

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