Chapter: Children society fails most
Inclusion matters
Katie Hollier, Volunteer and worker at Mencap
Ciara Lawrence, Volunteer and worker at Mencap
John Phillips MBE, Volunteer and worker at Mencap
The three of us have different life experiences. Yet our journeys have overlapped; we’ve worked together over the last 20 years, and agree that the experience has taught us one lesson above all others: inclusion matters and benefits everyone. Many chil …
Read the essayDevelopment of corporate social responsibility: full circle
Sir Stephen O’Brien CBE, Co-founder and Vice-President of Business in the Community
The Rowntree, Wedgewood and Cadbury families and many of our Victorian business leaders had strongly developed ideas about caring for their workforces. Behind their thinking often lay a religious (and specifically non-conformist) Christian faith. It ma …
Read the essayEveryone deserves a good childhood: the case for joined-up, pre-emptive youth support services
Mark Russell, CEO of The Children’s Society
Everyone deserves a good childhood. It’s not much to ask, but for many young people, a good childhood is, sadly, very far away from their own experience. At The Children’s Society, we fight for the hope and happiness of children and young people when t …
Read the essayA stable start: ending the care cliff for children and young people leaving care
Katharine Sacks-Jones, Chief Executive of Become, the Charity for Children in Care and Young Care Leavers
If we, as a society, are serious about helping today’s children to thrive and to realise their potential as they grow into adults, then we must focus our attention on some of the most overlooked and marginalised children in society – those in the care …
Read the essayReleasing children from poverty
John Dickie, Director at the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), Scotland
If we are serious about a child-centred future, we need to start by ensuring families have the resources they need to give their children a decent start in life. Yet here in Scotland, one in four children is officially recognised as living in poverty.[ …
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