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Soon there will be a General Election. The UK has a historic chance to be the best place in the world to grow up. But right now, there are more babies going without health visitors. More children growing up in poverty. And more young people waiting months on a mental health waiting list. We must make sure the next Government does more to make good childhoods a national priority. To make this happen, today we have joined with over 100 organisations to support the #childrenatthetable campaign. We know that asking for transformational change such as this – takes a collective effort. That’s why we’ve joined together. It’s also why we’re asking you to join us! In less time than it takes to boil a kettle you can sign this petition and ask the next Prime Minister and Chancellor to be champions for children. Visit https://lnkd.in/eNveWefk to sign the petition and learn more #childrenatthetable

Soon there will be a General Election. The UK has a historic chance to be the best place in the world to grow up. But right now, there are more babies going without health visitors. More children growing up in poverty. And more young people waiting months on a mental health waiting list. We must make sure the next Government does more to make good childhoods a national priority. To make this happen, today we have joined with over 100 organisations to support the #childrenatthetable campaign. We know that asking for transformational change such as this – takes a collective effort. That’s why we’ve joined together. It’s also why we’re asking you to join us! In less time than it takes to boil a kettle you can sign this petition and ask the next Prime Minister and Chancellor to be champions for children. Visit https://lnkd.in/esh9duGn to sign the petition and learn more #childrenatthetable National Children's Bureau Council for Disabled Children Special Needs Jungle Ltd Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition The Children's Society Action for Children

Soon there will be a General Election. The UK has a historic chance to be the best place in the world to grow up. But right now, there are more babies going without health visitors. More children growing up in poverty. And more young people waiting months on a mental health waiting list. We must make sure the next Government does more to make good childhoods a national priority. To make this happen, today we have joined with over 100 organisations to support the #ChildrenAtTheTable campaign. We know that asking for transformational change such as this – takes a collective effort. That’s why we’ve joined together. It’s also why we’re asking you to join us! In less time than it takes to boil a kettle you can sign this petition and ask the next Prime Minister and Chancellor to be champions for children. Visit https://lnkd.in/eNveWefk to sign the petition and learn more #ChildrenAtTheTable Action for Children Barnardo's National Children's Bureau NSPCC The Children's Society

Soon there will be a General Election. The UK has a historic chance to be the best place in the world to grow up. But right now, there are more babies going without health visitors. More children growing up in poverty. And more young people waiting months on a mental health waiting list. We must make sure the next Government does more to make good childhoods a national priority. To make this happen, today we have joined with over 100 organisations to support the #ChildrenAtTheTable campaign. We know that asking for transformational change such as this – takes a collective effort. That’s why we’ve joined together. It’s also why we’re asking you to join us! In less time than it takes to boil a kettle you can sign this petition and ask the next Prime Minister and Chancellor to be champions for children. Visit https://bit.ly/4b5sPDX to sign the petition and learn more. #ChildrenAtTheTable Action for Children Barnardo's National Children's Bureau NSPCC The Children's Society

More children are growing up in poverty. And more young people are waiting months on a mental health waiting list. We must make sure the next Prime Minister makes good childhoods a national priority. Soon there will be a General Election. We can’t let another five years fly by without the change that children need. We need to make sure the next Prime Minister [and Chancellor] are up for the challenge. https://lnkd.in/eduq9smb

Lord Darzi's report on his Independent Investigation of the National Health Service in England, released today, paints a grim picture of the enormous toll of a decade of austerity measures on the health system. He highlights the need for better community-level care to take the pressure off hospitals, and a greater emphasis on stopping people getting so sick in the first place.   Prevention has to go beyond telling people to get their steps in, eat their five-a-day and cut back on the booze and ciggies. Submissions to the Investigation from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Child Poverty Action Group, The Trussell Trust and others all point to the need to tackle the profound effects of poverty on health. The report acknowledges how poverty is jeopardising the lifelong health of children in poverty, and it calls out the “health catastrophe” that is homelessness. The answers lie upstream, in addressing the #poverty and deprivation that stops people taking better care of their own health.  #UKpoverty #NHS

Poverty and destitution have a serious impact on both physical and mental health. Evidence shows that psychological distress can contribute to cardiovascular disease and premature death. Disabled people and those on insecure incomes are more reliant on Universal Credit. And the waiting period can drive people into debt and destitution. Research from Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) suggests that the Essentials Guarantee would lift around 1.8 million people out of poverty altogether, including 600,000 children. As part of our Community manifesto for health justice, we call upon the next government to introduce the Essentials Guarantee and address the impact of the five week wait period for Universal Credit. ⬇ Read more about all our asks for the new government https://lnkd.in/dcqfEz9T

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Have you read the thirteenth Good Childhood Report yet? This report is essential reading and was released last week revealing some shocking and moving statistics about the health and happiness of the next generations of young people. 📊 This year’s report presents the latest trends in children’s subjective wellbeing, explores how families were faring with the current economic challenges facing the UK, and compares the wellbeing of 15-year-olds in the UK with that of their peers across Europe. #ChildrensCharity #Wellbeing #MentalHealth

As it has for all of us in the 21st Digital Century !? With 30% of children effectively excluded from participating in learning and leaving education as functionally and digitally illiterate as they arrived and/or the 58% of display screen user operators in the workplace suffering debilitating vision stress, blurred or worse double vision, dizziness, nausea, eye and headaches, migraine let alone WRULD's and MSK's resulting from visual and physical repetitive stressors. https://lnkd.in/ei4-QGim Accessibility still has a long way to go before it is a given... https://lnkd.in/ecKmmm6g https://lnkd.in/ejDs4TmU https://lnkd.in/d-Chiek #PublicHealth #DigitalEyeHealth #DiversityAndExclusion