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The Children's Society

May 12, 2019

New programme will help local areas tackle child exploitation

The Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme aims to develop an effective response to child exploitation and threats from outside the family home, including child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation, including county lines drug trafficking.
May 3, 2019

New research finds missing children are being let down

Opportunities to safeguard children who go missing from home or care are being missed by councils.
March 28, 2019

Parliamentary inquiry into the scandal of ‘sent away’ children

The Children’s Society calls for the introduction of independent legal guardians who can support all separated young people, not just those who are suspected of being victims of modern slavery.
March 19, 2019

Children paying the price of cuts in crisis support, says Children's Society

Parents are struggling to afford basics like feeding and clothing their children following Government funding cuts which have seen crisis support scaled back, says the Children's Society.
February 27, 2019

Funding cuts put children at greater risk of crisis, say charities

The funding available for children’s services has fallen by one third per child in England since 2010.
January 31, 2019

‘Shocking’ county lines exploitation highlights need to improve help for children

Latests assessment finds the exploitation of children and vulnerable adults is increasing.
December 11, 2018

Better help for vulnerable children must extend beyond school, says Children's Society

Too often the help young people get falls away when they turn 18 - even though their difficulties do not.
October 6, 2018

Children's Society calls for child exploitation to be recognised in 'county lines' cases

Conviction under the Modern Slavery Act sends out a signal that children under the control of drugs gangs are not criminals, but victims.
September 18, 2018

Children's Society calls for urgent action to tackle child poverty

The Children's Society says concrete action is needed to tackle the scale of poverty among UK children, with all the damage it can do to their well-being, education and life chances.
August 24, 2018

School uniform costs force families into debt, says Children's Society

One million children live in families who are getting into debt to meet the rising cost of school uniforms.