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27/06/2008 Poor hit hardest by 10p tax debacle: response to Government report
On Saturday at 00:01 the Treasury Select Committee will release its report: Budget Measures and Low Income Households.
13/06/2008 Barnardo's announces new charity partnership with Royal Mail Group
Children’s charity Barnardo’s has just signed a three-year charity partnership deal with the Royal Mail Group, following a business-wide ballot of employees – which will see staff from all areas of the group raising funds the charity.
11/06/2008 Keeping the family in mind
What is it like to have a mentally ill parent? 'Family Minded', a report by leading children’s charity Barnardo’s, will launch today to raise awareness of the stigma that surrounds mental illness and the need for all services working with a mentally ill parent to ‘think family’.
10/06/2008 Barnardo's urges Government to keep to child poverty target in light of disappointing figures
Barnardo's is urging the Government to do more following the announcement that the numbers of children living in poverty in the UK rose by 100,000 to 3.9 million last year.
21/05/2008 Mark Knopfler donates to Barnardo’s
Mark has made a generous donation from his charitable trust to Barnardo's and will be pledging further support for the children’s charity at his concert in the Royal Albert Hall in London later this month.
21/05/2008 Three is the magic number! Daley Thompson calls on budding triathletes to support Barnardo's
Could you swim, cycle and run to benefit thousands of vulnerable children throughout the UK? Double Olympic Gold medallist Daley Thompson is calling on people who love a challenge to enter this year’s Mazda London Triathlon 2008 in aid of children’s charity Barnardo’s.
21/05/2008 Response report on youth crime: if punishment isn't working is it time to look to prevention?
Attribute to Martin Narey, Barnardo’s Chief Executive: “Children in trouble with the law have continued to be separated from and failed by mainstream welfare services and troublesome children have to be identified as potential criminals in order to access preventative services. The rise in the use of custody as response to youth crime, particularly the 560% increase in custody for 10 to 14 year olds since 1996, is shameful, not to mention expensive and ineffective.
15/05/2008 Plight of teenagers who can’t get support from mental health services in Wales
Vulnerable young people in Wales are let down by the mental health services just at the time when they need it most, say children’s charity Barnardo’s Cymru.