KFC dish out work placements to ‘shunned’ youngsters
News today of a great initiative to help young people who are socially disadvantaged to gain valuable work experience and find a potential new career path. The UK’s largest children’s …
Category: Campaigns
The Every Child in Need Campaign – help needed!
A campaign is being launched today (Thursday 26th July 2012) aimed at protecting society’s most vulnerable children from “damaging changes” proposed by the Department for Education. The Department of Education is proposing …
Feed a child with an old phone
Just a heads up about this in case you missed it on the news. A new campaign has been launched by NetMums and Kids Company to help provide meals for …
Who will care for our vulnerable ‘Looked After Children’ in a care-less society?
There was a news report this morning about an investigation by MPs finding “serious weaknesses” in England’s care system that showed children’s homes failed to protect runaways. Children’s Minister Tim Loughton …
Disability groups call for pause for thought in welfare reform
The NAS has today thrown its weight behind a call for the government to reconsider its plans for welfare reform relating to the Disability Living Allowance. The level of fraud …
Finished at School – Important Campaign by Ambitious about Autism
Today I am delighted to feature a guest blog from Anabel Unity Sale of Ambitious about Autism to highlight their Finished at School campaign: Going to college after school is a …
Great Expectations – Educational Support campaign from NAS
This post is reproduced with kind permission from the National Autistic Society Half of all children with autism wait over a year for appropriate educational support, and over a quarter …
Don’t Write Me Off – NAS campaign
The National Autistic Society has today released figures showing that only 15% of adults with an autustic spectrum disorder are in full time paid employment.This means that 85% of the …
Daily Mirror Launches Caring For Carers Campaign
The Daily Mirror is today launching a new “Caring For Carer’s” campaign to highlight the disgraceful situation regarding the level of benefits for people who care for disabled relatives and …
Call for increase in Carer’s Allowance
UK Autism Foundation backs call for an increase in Carer’s Allowance The UK Autism Foundation has backed the call for a substantial increase in the carer’s allowance. There are six …
