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We're Barnardo's👋 We're here to help children and young people feel safer, happier, healthier and more hopeful. When you change a childhood, you change a life.
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Barnardo's is calling on the government to include to reduce child poverty to no more than 28% in this Parliament, alongside milestones to halve it in 10 years and eradicate it in 20 years.
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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The Child Poverty Strategy is a key chance for the government to make a difference – and setting clear, legally-binding and independently evaluated targets is an essential part of this. Read more now: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Charities and stars call on UK government to set child poverty reduction targets
Signatories of open letter include National Children’s Bureau, Barnardo’s and celebrities such as Emilia Clarke
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Huge thanks to our speakers Catherine Foulkes MP, Ryan Shorthouse, Baroness Stedman-Scott, Mims Davies MP & Councillor Tony Ball.

And to our coalition partners: @actionforchildren.bsky.social @nspcc.bsky.social @ncb.org.uk and @childrenssociety.bsky.social
#ChildrensCharitiesCoalition
A close-up panel discussion featuring Lynn Perry MBE, Phoebe, and Helen seated at a green Barnardo’s-branded table. Lynn Perry is speaking while Phoebe and Helen listen attentively. Behind them is a large QR code on a screen and a Barnardo’s banner with the slogan “Changing childhoods. Changing lives.” A smiling child is partially visible on the banner. A close-up panel discussion featuring Lynn Perry MBE, Phoebe, and Helen seated at a green Barnardo’s-branded table. Lynn Perry is speaking while Phoebe and Helen listen attentively. Behind them is a large QR code on a screen and a Barnardo’s banner with the slogan “Changing childhoods. Changing lives.” A smiling child is partially visible on the banner. A close-up panel discussion featuring Lynn Perry MBE, Phoebe, and Helen seated at a green Barnardo’s-branded table. Lynn Perry is speaking while Phoebe and Helen listen attentively. Behind them is a large QR code on a screen and a Barnardo’s banner with the slogan “Changing childhoods. Changing lives.” A smiling child is partially visible on the banner.
October 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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We also joined forces with @actionforchildren.bsky.social , @nspcc.bsky.social , @ncb.org.uk & @childrenssociety.bsky.social to mark one year since our joint manifesto launch.

Thank you to MPs Jess Asato, Helen Hayes, Liz Kendall & Bridget Phillipson for joining us too.
September 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Our asks are shaped by over 150 frontline services and the voices of young people across Scotland. With 2030 targets still unmet, now’s the time to act - for safer, happier, healthier childhoods.

#ScottishParliament
#ManifestoForChange
#ChildPoverty
#ThePromise
September 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Sign up now:
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Moving Up: Young People’s Voices on Social Mobility
Join Barnardo’s for our panel event, led and co-designed by young people about what social mobility means to them and what needs to change.
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September 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM