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  • • Nearly half of children in care have a mental health disorder
  • • 4.3 million children in the UK are living in poverty
  • • Nearly half of children in care have a mental health disorder
  • • 1.4 million children & young people have a probable mental health disorder
  • • 1 in 5 babies aren’t receiving their entitled health visiting check at one year old
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Baroness Floella Benjamin stands with Children at the Table frame with another young person

The Children’s Charities Coalition host launch event in Parliament

On the Jan 24 2024 we launched our campaign by hosting a Parliamentary drop-in event and young people led the way! During the event some of the children and young people we support spoke directly to MPs and Peers about what they want to see from the next Government. 

Watch the video below to see the highlights. 

Watch the full speech given by Baroness Benjamin, Vice President of Barnardo’s

Watch the full speech given by Tim Loughton MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children

 

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