Action for Children

This Learning at Work Week, we’re celebrating the colleagues growing their confidence, skills and careers through our leadership programmes. From overcoming self-doubt to stepping into new roles, their stories show the impact of investing in people. #ActionForChildrenCareers #TheDifferenceIsWhatYouDo #LearningAtWorkWeek #LAWW2026 #CareersWithPurpose  #LeadershipDevelopment  

Through this platform, I have told you how you can join an Action Squad, walk a Kiltwalk, run a Marathon and much more to support Action for Children...... 🤔 But did you know you can just.....do your own thing? Perhaps you want to..... 👨👩👧👦 Get the family involved - having a clear out? Why not have a wee garage sale and donate the proceeds! 🐶 Do some furry fundraising and get the dog involved! Why not ask friends to join you for a sponsored dog walk. 🎂 Wow your colleagues/church friends/ book club with your skills and hold a bake sale. 🎮 Game for good! Host your own gaming night and ask your friends to donate to participate. Whatever your idea, we are here to support you and we would LOVE to hear all the weird and wonderful ideas you have to help vulnerable children and young people who need us most. ❤️ Childhood is precious. We don’t have long to get it right. But you can take action for children so they don't miss out on a safe and happy childhood. ❤️ Check out the link for inspiration: https://lnkd.in/eG-t6FTa Or get in touch today!

Brilliant to see this new report out from Peter Hyman and Shuab Gamote. It's a powerful, thought-provoking, moving testimony of young people's experiences of being NEET or at risk of being NEET. It's so rare in policy that you find so many young people's voices in one report, so it's well worth a read. Action for Children is proud to have contributed to the research by convening groups of young people with experience of being NEET to take part in six in-person workshops in Cardiff, Penarth, Wrexham, Rhyl and Suffolk. We also convened two online workshops specifically for care-experienced young people with experience of being NEET. Thank you to everyone who helped us with these - your voices are being heard! The central message of the report is so important: young people are not to blame for this systemic issue. These are ambitious, talented and resilient. More than 90% of them want to work, but they are what Peter calls "the stranded generation", because there are too many barriers in their way and not enough clear pathways. They face "too many snakes and not enough ladders". As a society, we cannot allow this to continue - we need to take action now. That's why we're eagerly awaiting the release of the two 'Young People and Work' reports from Alan Milburn (which 'Inside the Mind of a Young NEET' has fed into). We'll be responding to the first report when it's out next week. #YoungPeopleAndWork #NEETs #ChildrenInCare

Small acts of kindness occur in the UK all the time, but they can often be left untold. That's why we've joined community groups, as well as other charities, to celebrate 'A Million Acts of Hope' and share our stories. As part of this campaign, our brilliant partner Nationwide Building Society have been supporting our local services. At our Amaryllis Housing service, Nationwide rolled up their sleeves and painted the hallway, bathroom and bedrooms, transforming the environment with care and dedication. This allowed them to see first-hand the difference their support can make to creating a safe, comforting place for those who need it most. Meanwhile at our Cardiff service, more Nationwide colleagues spent the entire day painting and decorating the inside of the building that's used by young people. "What you did will have a real and lasting impact. The room you helped create will become a place where our service users feel safe, supported and able to grow." Dionne - Service Coordinator. We want to share a huge thanks to Nationwide for transforming these spaces for our young people! #MillionActsOfHope #SpreadHope #Kindness #ActionForChildren #SpreadJoy

It’s Foster Care Fortnight, a time to recognise incredible foster carers who provide safety, stability and care for children when they need it most ❤️ We’re proud to be marking this alongside John Lewis Partnership and celebrating a meaningful milestone. Since our partnership began, the programmes they fund have supported 100 foster carers across the UK. Thanks to their support we've been able to help foster carers alongside young people during critical life moments. Whether that’s settling into a new home, or preparing for adulthood. Their role during these transition points can be life‑shaping. Through transition‑focused support, carers and young people are backed before, during and after key changes. This helps build stronger, more stable networks when consistency matters most. Together, we’re helping more children and young people feel safe, supported and believed in. Thank you to every foster carer, and to the John Lewis Partnership for standing with them. #FCF26 #FosterCareFortnight #BuildingHappierFutures #ValueFosterCare John Lewis & Partners

Work isn't working. New research by Scott Compton and Henry Parkes shows that almost three-quarters of children in poverty now live in working households, with children in single parent families twice as likely to fall into poverty. If we’re serious about tackling child poverty, we need to move beyond getting parents into work and look at a complete overhaul of the benefits system, including the childcare element of Universal Credit, to support them to balance work and parenting. This quote from one of the research participants says it all: “If I was single, I wouldn’t be able to work at all – my youngest isn’t at school yet and we don’t have family nearby. We’ve had to organise everything around childcare just to keep one income coming in.” https://lnkd.in/ewEUXnch #WorkIsntWorking IPPR Action for Children

We're thrilled that one of our young campaigners, Georgia Sullivan has been shortlisted for the Campaigner of the Year Award at the Sheila McKechnie Foundation Awards this year 👏 Georgia was central to our #PayingThePrice campaign last year, which called on the UK government to scrap the two-child limit. Congratulations to her and everyone else nominated in this category! #SMKAwards2026 #LoveCampaigning #ChangeIsPossible

This week colleagues from Scottish Friendly volunteered at our Renfrewshire Short Breaks Service 💗 A brilliant opportunity for them to get stuck in and support children and families. Thanks to their funding, we're able to deliver our 'Scottish Friendly Wellbeing Programme'. This project helps children struggling with things like anxiety and low confidence. It provides early and compassionate mental health support right where it’s needed most, in school. By being with young people early on, the programme helps them develop tools to cope with everyday challenges. Teachers and families tell us how vital this support is, particularly in communities facing disadvantage. Mental health matters all year, but during #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we want to say a huge thanks to Scottish Friendly for investing in children’s wellbeing and helping them feel hopeful about the future. #CommunitySupport #ActionforChildren #ScottishFriendly Action for Children Scotland