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Children, young people and parents who participated in the #GiveUsAChancellor campaign will be presenting to APPG for Children next week.

BASW has been concerned that private companies would be carrying out interviews with those who were seeking asylum and were or claimed to be under 18, without appropriate expertise or staff.

As social workers we will often see, first-hand, what poverty can do to children and their families.

BASW England Professional Officer Gavin Moorghen reflects on the growing issue of child food poverty in England and invites members to join an online event to consider possible solutions and our professional response.

Maris Stratulis has written to the Children’s Minister to urge the government to change its position on free school meals during the school holidays.

Coronavirus: During lockdown, there has been a worrying rise in the number of referrals to child protection unit

We urge the government to reconsider its position and give low income families the support that they need

Plea from over 150 organisations including Social Workers Union

Children will go hungry if the Government doesn’t support families who are facing financial hardship through the summer holidays.