Ahead of the general election in July 2024, the UK’s five leading children’s charities – Action for Children, Barnardo’s, The Children’s Society, the National Children’s Bureau and the NSPCC – came together with the support of nearly 200 organisations from the voluntary and community sectors to make sure the next government had a plan to put Children at the Table.
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No one understands the issues affecting children better than children themselves. However, too often they are left out of decision-making. That is why, together, we started Children at the Table with a clear goal: to empower children and young people and amplify their voices at the centre of policymaking.
Throughout the campaign, we have been advocating for:
- Ensuring politicians across government work together to improve the lives of babies, children and young people
- Putting children’s needs and voices at the heart of decision making
- Investing more of the nation’s wealth in babies, children and young people
Throughout the campaign, we saw the main political parties make pledges to create safer, happier and healthier childhoods across the UK. We are proud to say that many of our campaign’s asks were reflected in the parties’ manifestos, highlighting the impact of our collective action.
Ahead of the election, the Labour Party laid out its plan to take a mission-led approach to government and we were pleased to see our key messaging on the need for greater cross-government working to drive improvements for children reflected in the ‘breaking down barriers to opportunity’ mission. Since the election, we have been committed
to ensuring that Labour continues to take bold action to change childhoods.
This report highlights the difference our campaign made for babies, children and young people, and sets out the work that still needs to be done to ensure that together we can make safer, happier and healthier childhoods a reality.
We have made a real impact, but there is still work to be done.