Policy and lobbying
The Children's Society has championed disadvantaged children throughout its 130-year history. Today these children are often young runaways, victims of abuse, children in trouble with the law, young refugees or disabled children.
Our lobbying and child protection policy priorities focus on these issues as they are: children at risk, including children who go missing, child sexual exploitation and youth justice; disabled children; young refugees and migrants, including young roma gypsies,travellers and poverty in a childs early years. There are four themes - participation and children's rights, family, safeguarding and well-being - that cut across these areas.
Our policy team learn from our national practice base to find solutions to the problems children are facing today.
We respond to government proposals, give evidence to parliamentary committees, lobby on specific legislation, inform parliamentarians about our key concerns, provide briefings setting out policy solutions and conduct policy analysis and research. We also actively engage with ministers, their advisors and civil servants to influence policy development. And we are seeking to more actively influence local government as they are given greater discretion to determine priorities and resourcing.
Our policy recommendations are backed by sound research evidence, and we work in partnership with those who share our goals, including think tanks, other voluntary sector organisations and agencies to share experiences and maximise our impact.
By mainly focusing our efforts on the most marginalised and discriminated young people we strive to ensure that every child has a good childhood.
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