What issues affect children and young people today? On our blog, our volunteers, staff, leaders and the young people we work with share their experiences and tackle the issues. Let us know what you think – leave a comment or send us a message about what you find on our blog.
Authors
A wide range of people within and outside of our organisation have written for our blog. To learn more about an author and all of the posts they have written, click the writer’s name.
By using the drop-down box you can order this list by the author’s first name or sort it by the authors who have written the most.
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Sam is our expert on the UK benefit system and welfare reform. He leads on child poverty and early years policy work.
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Ilona leads on young refugees, migrant, traveller and trafficking policy and is co-chair of the Refugee Children's Consortium.
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Working across our organisation, Matt coordinates blog posts and edits our website.
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Laura works on child poverty and early years policy, particularly focusing on welfare reform and children's centres.
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Natalie works on young runaways, child sexual exploitation and trafficking policy, as well as advocacy for looked-after children.
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David provides economic advice on our policy work and direct practice. He analyses policy proposals, measures our services' cost-effectiveness and manages improvements in how we measure our impact.
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Enver managed our Policy and Public Affairs team until September 2012.
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Iryna leads on runaways, child sexual exploitation and advocacy for looked after children policy.
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For more than 30 years Jim has supported our community, youth and social work. He worked with children and young people across Bath and North East Somerset, specialising in working within rural and with traveller communities. He spearheads the Good Childhood Conversations initiative, generating and leading debates about childhood, with the aim of creating a better childhood.
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Cham is senior pastor of The Regeneration Centre, an innovative local church plant based on Cell Church principles in Birmingham and at present the only Asian woman minister within The Baptist Union of Great Britain. She wants to encourage and promote women in ministry and particularly those exercising leadership roles within the church and wider society.