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young people playing along at a holiday club
Grants help Captain Ketchup, Mrs Tagliatelle and others make childhood better
Claudia Moynihan reports on one of our first projects to receive a grant for a local community project, and that more funds are available.
24 November 2011, 2 comments
Claudia Moynihan, Good Childhood Conversation Co-ordinator
Church team
boy who has run away, standing on pavement as people rush by him
'If you want to run away to disappear from your life, then you're not going to be found'
Young people tell us why they run away and how we can help, Elaine Hindal writes
21 November 2011
Elaine Hindal, Director of Advocacy and Communication
Leadership team
several young people with certificates from Takeover Day
Young people 'take over' The Children's Society
Young people from our projects in London saw how our organisation works and 'took over' our policy team last Friday.
16 November 2011, 1 comment
Jordeen Buckley, Young Person
Guest bloggers
young man speaking to adult
Missing out: Young people on material deprivation, their well-being
In our new report children say what they need for a 'normal kind of life'. It's rare to hear young people's opinions on the subject.
08 November 2011
Enver Solomon, Policy Director
Policy team
Approximately 15 staff members from the London Hub
To the heart of our work in London: A visit to Peckham
Heidi Aho writes about the many ways in which our London Hub is a dynamic, inspiring programme.
08 November 2011
Heidi Aho, Media and Campaigns Assistant
Media team
boy in wheelchair
We need to support disabled children’s mobility
For many disabled young people, mobility support means being able to lead a full life. We can't eliminate the benefit, explains policy adviser Liz Lovell.
19 October 2011, 2 comments
Liz Lovell, Policy Adviser
Policy team
young girl
Bad traffic: Please support Anti-Slavery Day
Children are trafficked into and around the UK daily. Anti-Slavery Day draws awareness to these young people's plight, explains policy officer Natalie Williams.
18 October 2011
Natalie Williams, Policy Officer
Policy team
Boy looking out of window
Why are so many children being detained at our ports?
We must ensure that the vulnerable children travelling to the UK who are detained at ports are provided safety and brief detensions.
17 October 2011
Ilona Pinter, Policy Adviser
Policy team
three young people in wheelchairs and two standing adults
320,000: The true number of disabled children in poverty
Our new report shows that 320,000 disabled children in the UK live in poverty – a staggering number that is around 30,000 more than official statistics suggest
07 October 2011
Sam Royston, Policy Adviser
Policy team
young man and a woman, his advocate, sitting on a blanket in a park
Why advocates matter
Research shows the important role advocates play in disabled children and young people's lives, says our policy adviser Elizabeth Lovell.
30 September 2011
Liz Lovell, Policy Adviser
Policy team

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According to this our family (married, 4 children, dad has full time job, mum cares for children full time) has always hovered above or below the poverty line. RUBBISH! We are not poor. We have never gone cold or hungry.
Real poverty is being hungry and cold and having no essential medicine. UK poverty is not affording the latest electronic game, latest fashion and a new sofa.
By this calculator, "poverty" currently means a bigger income than what we are VERY comfortable on.

BBC news says that "POOR" children turn up to school hungry? Well, I have fed my 4 children very well around the "poverty line" - plenty of good healthy home cooked food, no convenience meals or junk. (the latter costs more than home made healthy food anyway)
"Cold chips in lunch box" means poverty? NO! Takeaway chips cost MORE than a pasta salad or brown bread and cheese sandwich. Hungry children in UK are not suffering poverty, they're suffering poor parenting. Training a generation to be prudent and wise is what's needed, not more breakfast clubs to further absolve parents of their responsibilities.

Use our new calculator to track the shifting poverty line

Great idea to map your run with the icons of London. Well done for finding the mental strength to run the VLM AGAIN, especially now you are an old man!

Mapping my route as I prepare for the London Marathon

Well done Joe, all in a good cause and will be thinking about you on the day.

Mapping my route as I prepare for the London Marathon