Mark Russell 🇺🇦 (he/him)
@markrusselluk
From N.Ireland based in London, passionate about social justice and building a society for all children. CEO @childrensociety FRSA. School Governor. Views mine
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https://www.justgiving.com/page/mark-russell-1704127781545 19-05-2009 16:51:16
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Good to be ChurchWorks today to talk about The Children's Society work and the urgent need to lift families out of poverty. Encouraged by synergy in conversation. Delighted to join Philip Mounstephen Archbishop Angaelos Mike Royal and others as well as Sir Stephen Timms and Lord Wajid Khan
Really good to join fi glover and Jane on Times Radio today to talk about The Children's Society work to #CutTheCost of school uniform and ensure it doesn’t break to bank to kit children out for school!
Great to hear fi glover & Jane Garvey hosting Mark Russell 🇺🇦 (he/him) on Times Radio today for big interview on cost of school uniforms - The Children's Society believe kitting kids out for school should not break the bank
The The Children's Society's recently published #GoodChildhoodReport highlights a worrying trend around low wellbeing amongst young people in the UK. We all must act to overturn the decline in our children’s wellbeing: childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood
I’m delivering a webinar on 12th November about my experiences of Autism with advice for educators supporting Autistic children and young people. Please share with your networks. Mark Russell 🇺🇦 (he/him) Anna Feuchtwang Dez Holmes Dan Lawes George Fielding BEM community.opogo.com/event/a-lived-…
A real pleasure today to be in Liverpool to speak about The Children's Society #GoodChildhoodReport to the headteachers of Diocese of Liverpool at their annual conference Liverpool Hope University It’s always a privilege to spend time with such committed educational leaders
Good to have Team The Children's Society here in Liverpool as well to help share more about the amazing work we do, and share how schools can engage with us! Thanks Sam, Julie, Jo and David!
I am really pleased that Helen Hayes 💙🌹 has been elected as the new Chair of the Commons Education Committee. Helen is deeply committed to children and young people and I’m thrilled she will bring her considerable wisdom and experience to this key role Education Committee
Thank you Alice Gregson and Forum Strategy for the opportunity to present The Children's Society #GoodChildhoodReport to CEOs. As ever so grateful for your partnership and the encouragement of the CEOs for the work we do to change the dial on children’s wellbeing
197,000 young people left secondary school with low wellbeing in 2022. We must do better, starting with better data. We're joining charities brought together by Pro Bono Economics to call for universal wellbeing measurement: probonoeconomics.com/charting-a-hap… #ChildrenAtTheTable
Our new research calling for a universal children's wellbeing measurement was discussed with Martin Stanford on LBC this morning. Thanks to Jack O'Neill The Children's Society for supporting the report. You can read it here 👇 probonoeconomics.com/charting-a-hap…
Really good to meet just now with the new Children’s Minister Janet Daby MP and Early Education Minister Stephen Morgan MP to share some of The Children's Society priorities. Hugely encouraged by such a positive meeting and the Ministers’ passion and commitment to change children’s lives
Thank you Caitlin Moran for writing about The Children's Society #GoodChildhoodReport Like you we are really concerned at the decline in girls wellbeing and we are determined to turn this around so British young people are happier and more hopeful
It was so good yesterday to join Archbishop of York for a special service celebrating lay ministry in Diocese of York held York Minster It was a real privilege to preach in the service and hopefully encourage these amazing people on such a special day
We've delivered vital support to over 72,000 young people across the UK over the past year as rising costs and stretched public services push more children into crisis. “We've stepped up, but this can’t continue without wider change” says Mark Russell 🇺🇦 (he/him). childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/our…