“Robust implementation of the Online Safety Act is now required. Ofcom should set out ambitious child safety duties for companies to follow and be held accountable to if their products continue to cause harm to children.” - NSPCC bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Testament to the power of some remarkable lived experience voices determined to deliver change & ensure the #OnlineSafetyAct delivers what was promised 👇🏻

Around 11 babies and young children a day are referred to agencies such as police and social services, new NSPCC data shows.

We are calling on politicians to commit to investing in early intervention services to better protect babies and young children.
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Shocking new data reveals increase in child cruelty & abuse amongst babies & young children NSPCC
#ChildrenAtTheTable ‼️
Health visitors provide a vital safety-net - vulnerable babies are often invisible to other services unless their parents reach out👇
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New data highlights that many babies and young children are not getting the safe, happy, and healthy start to life that they deserve.
We're urging the next Government to put #ChildrenAtTheTable and make good childhoods a national priority. Read more: bit.ly/3TNVBlT

Our Policy and Public Affairs team were at the #ConservativeParty conference to chat with politicians about how they can make sure #ChildrenAreAtTheTable
We've joined @BarnadosScot & Action for Children to call on all political parties to make sure children's voices are heard

Sadly, there were few measures in the #Budget to help children in the most desperate need. We are disappointed that our repeated calls for significant funding to rebuild children’s services have gone unheeded.
Read our joint statement: childrenatthetable.org.uk/chancellorbudg…

#ChildrenAtTheTable

Our children are hurting with millions living in poverty and many struggling with mental health problems or waiting too long or unable to access the support they need. This week the Chancellor has the chance to help them.

Our statement: bit.ly/3IiHWwK

“It’s alarming to see online child abuse continue to rise, especially when tech companies should be acting to make their sites safe by design ahead of incoming regulation', said Peter Wanless theguardian.com/society/2024/m…

We’ve teamed up with Barnardo's Scotland and Action for Children to call on all political parties to put #ChildrenAtTheTable by making children's voices heard in the up-and-coming general election.
Support us by signing our petition, visit: nspcc.org.uk/support-us/cam…

New analysis from the @csacentre finds that children are more likely than adults to be victims of sexual offences.

To better understand identification/response to child sexual abuse across police, social care & health and what we can learn from it, visit: csacentre.org.uk

This should be a wake up call to government as data ⁦from ⁦Royal College of Psychiatrists⁩ finds that the number of children referred for emergency mental healthcare in England soared by more than 50% between 2019 and 2022. Devastating. theguardian.com/society/2024/f…

'Young people’s mental health needs to be seen as a very urgent issue.'

Read what Maya, one of my Children's Commissioner's Ambassadors, thinks politicians should do about young people's mental health.

childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/why-liste…

The theme of year's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek is 'My Voice Matters', and it couldn't be more pertinent. Children don’t feel their voices are heard and taken into account and we must change that especially when it comes to mental health and well-being.
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For #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek we're highlighting the importance of listening to the voice of children to improve the mental health system.

Lola, a young person who is part of the NSPCC Board for Change reflects from experience on what more can be done👇
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This is a great opportunity Become deserve a strong leader to work with Katharine Sacks-Jones and a brilliant organisation.

Hey Mark Zuckerberg,

Your company calculated the lifetime value of a teen to be $270. We’re here to say we’re worth more than $270.

It’s time Big Tech is held accountable for profiting off our mental health and well-being.

Sincerely,
Design It For Us

Pleased to speak to The Guardian about how deepfakes are impacting children. We're already seeing widespread creation and use of these images to sexually harass, groom, and extort children, esp girls.

You don’t get instructions for new human beings 💚
But we’re here.
For the good, the bad and the baffling.
nspcc.org.uk/parenting 
#NSPCCParenting

Austerity has contributed to a rise in the number of children in care, the most senior judge in the family courts has told the BBC. bbc.com/news/uk-681121…