Tag: Barnardo’s

Barnardo’s Research Aims To End The Misconceptions Surrounding Foster Care

Stuart Mitchell

Research commissioned by the country’s leading children’s charity has revealed that the campaign to recruit new foster carers is being hampered by a number of pre-conceived notions about what it takes to become a foster carer. The YouGov poll, which was commissioned by Barnardo’s, reveals that more than two in five respondents (44 per cent) who would not consider fostering in the next ten years believe their age is a barrier to foster care, even though there is no upper age limit on becoming one. Furthermore, nearly one in five…

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Barnardo’s to help tackle children’s health equity through launch of new Collaborative

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s and the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE) are partnering with three Integrated Care Systems (ICS) throughout England to boost childhood health by addressing health inequalities, informing best practice and influencing local Government and NHS decision makers on how to provide effective care in their communities.   The organisations are launching a three-year Collaborative with ICSs in Birmingham and Solihull, Cheshire and Merseyside, and South Yorkshire to tackle the health challenges facing the children and young people in each area.  Barnardo’s, the UCL Institute of Health Equity and each…

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Barnardo’s To Help Professionals Keep Children Safe Online In New Programme Funded By Nominet

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s, the UK’s largest children’s charity, is to create a new digital service that will give professionals supporting children instant access to relevant knowledge and advice, to help them respond with confidence to the continuously evolving challenges young people face online. Funded by Nominet, and working with Parent Zone, Barnardo’s Project Backpack will combine expert knowledge and data with children’s views and feedback, to transform how young people are supported in their digital lives.  Project Backpack will be available to parents and professionals later this year and follows research commissioned by Nominet (Keeping…

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Child protection organisations issue warning to social media companies about online safety

Stuart Mitchell

A new child safety campaign launches today in response to social media giants’ plans to roll out end-to-end encryption on their platforms. The campaign named, No Place to Hide, is made up of a coalition of leading child safety campaigners, charities, tech experts and survivors of child sex abuse.  The steering group is made up of Barnardo’s, the Lucy Faithful Foundation, the Marie Collins Foundation and SafeToNet.  End-to-end encryption could mean that social media platforms will no longer be able to detect cases of child sex abuse on their platforms, which would lead…

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Vodafone and Barnardo’s issue new appeal for devices to help Afghan refugees

Stuart Mitchell

Vodafone UK and charity partner Barnardo’s have issued a new plea to the public and businesses across the UK to donate unwanted smartphones and tablets to ‘The Great British Tech Appeal’ specifically to help refugees arriving from Afghanistan. Vodafone will add six months’ free data, calls and texts and work with Barnardo’s to get devices to Afghan young people and their families who’ve recently arrived in the UK.  This will help them access vital support, mental health services and healthcare and stay in touch with friends and family in the UK.…

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