Lighting Up Young Brains - Save the Children UK

Parents and carers have the biggest influence on their child’s early learning: A strong relationship with a parent or carer gives a young child the confidence to explore the world, while everyday activities like talking and sharing books help stimulate …

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The War On Children - Save the Children

This report uses the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)1 definitions of conflict. The UCDP is the world’s foremost provider of data on organized violence, and its Georeferenced Event Dataset and other datasets inform this research. Conflict/ armed conflict: when armed force is used by an organized actor against another organized actor,

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

you think,through making art,speaking and writing, unless it breaks the rights of others. Article 14 You have the right to think what you like and be whatever religion you want to be, with your parents’ guidance. Article 15 You have the right to be with friends and join or set up clubs,unless this breaks the rights of others. Article 16

CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN ENGLAND’S SECONDARY …

closing the achievement gap in england’s secondar y schools 3 chart 3: attainment gradient if progress during secondary school was equalised to the average level of progress

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1 YOU HAVE THE RIGHTS

and to share your ideas through writing, speaking, drawing or any other way, unless it may harm you or anyone else. 14 YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO THINK FOR YOURSELF, to choose what you believe and to practise your religion, provided this does not stop other people enjoying their rights. Your parents should support and guide you in these matters.

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YOUR FUNDRAISING GAME PLAN

Jumper. You don’t even need a new one. Just dig out last year’s, stick some tinsel on a boring old one, or look in a charity shop (I can’t believe what people cleared out in lockdown). 3 RAISE THE MONEY Collect £2 from everyone who wears a jumper. That £2 will help kids get the stuff they need to see the wonder in the world again.

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Tackling child poverty: a guide for schools - CPAG

Child poverty in the UK is rising. 500,000 more children are in poverty today than in 2010, and even before COVID- ... Schools do not have to wait for direction from central government to take action on child poverty. At a local level, there is much that can be done by schools and other key public services to tackle child poverty. Many schools are

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4. Child Poverty in Scotland - NHS Health Scotland

A number of key drivers of child poverty have been associated with adverse impacts on children’s – and adults’ – health outcomes (see briefing 3 – Child Poverty in Scotland: the national and local drivers). Many of these are out with the control of families and individuals,

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Equity in Child Care Is Everyone’s Business

COMMUNICATE CHILD CARE NEEDS TO STATE AND LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES. State and local chambers can advocate for policies that support child care providers, parents and, ultimately, the children ... as likely to live below the poverty line. 8 The median hourly wages of child care workers were at the second percentile, i.e., nearly at the bottom of ...

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15 Questions About Child Labour

causes or sustains poverty encourages child labour. When a country has financial problems, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) moves in and usually demands the economy becomes ... Contracting out is also increasing child labour as local firms compete fiercely for contracts and look for the cheapest labour in

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Child Poverty Strategy - Welsh Government

Child Poverty Strategy for Wales March 2015 A summary for children and young people. The Welsh Government has the ambition to make sure no child is living in poverty by 2020. Child poverty ... Making sure there is good quality local childcare Stopping food poverty

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Child Poverty Pilots - GOV.UK

This is a support tool for everyone involved in fulfilling local child poverty duties and in designing, delivering and commissioning services for families in poverty. It was developed with the aim of capturing key lessons learnt from across the pilot programme and supporting the local duties set out under the Child Poverty Act 2010.

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Child Poverty Act 2010 - Legislation.gov.uk

Child Poverty Act 2010 (c. 9) Part 1 — National targets, strategies and reports 4 The Child Poverty Commission 8 The Child Poverty Commission (1) There is to be a body called the Child Poverty Commission (in this Act referred to as “the Commission”). (2) The Commission’s functions are those conferred on it by or under this Act.

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Children’s mental health: Is poverty the diagnosis?

Poverty is a risk factor for mental health conditions in child-hood and is associated with lower academic achievement and impaired cognitive development secondary to direct effects on the developing hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and indirect effects on a child’s en-vironment. British Columbia’s child-hood poverty rate is well above the

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