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Children

The UK must renew funding for children's vaccines – or else millions of young lives will be at risk
Michael Sheldrick

The UK must renew funding for children's vaccines – or else millions of young lives will be at risk

The UK has the science, history and global influence to protect the children who've never received a routine vaccination, says Global Citizen's Michael Sheldrick
This is how much caring for a disabled child really costs
Mikey and his sisters Mika and Sky
Dr Abigail Dunn

This is how much caring for a disabled child really costs

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the half term
kids eat free/ easter holidays
Cost of living crisis

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the half term

People are sharing their childhood dreams after TV's Alice Roberts said she wanted to be a horse
Childhood dreams

People are sharing their childhood dreams after TV's Alice Roberts said she wanted to be a horse

The Traitors' Ash Bibi on fleeing a violent home for a women's refuge at 16: 'There's always hope'
Domestic violence

The Traitors' Ash Bibi on fleeing a violent home for a women's refuge at 16: 'There's always hope'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
One in five social workers have removed a child from their family due to horror homes
Housing

One in five social workers have removed a child from their family due to horror homes

Disabled children are bearing the brunt of a broken social care system – they deserve better
A man holding a child
James Watson-O'Neill

Disabled children are bearing the brunt of a broken social care system – they deserve better

One in five parents of disabled children wait more than a year to be seen by social services
Carla Alderman and her son Cameron, who have been supported by Sense. Image: Sense
Disabled children

One in five parents of disabled children wait more than a year to be seen by social services

I'm a clinical psychologist. I know just how badly racism is damaging children's mental health
anti-racist
Sanah Ahsan

I'm a clinical psychologist. I know just how badly racism is damaging children's mental health

Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection, Labour told
child in waterproof jacket
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection, Labour told

This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK
The Noisy Dinosaur production from Toucan Theatre. Image of two cast members with jellycats
James Baldwin

This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here's how to get them back in class
Martin Hodge

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here's how to get them back in class

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: 'It's a terrible situation'
mother holding a baby
Ruth Talbot

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: 'It's a terrible situation'

It's 15 years since the UK government promised to end child poverty. Time to revive that ambition
A child eating
Alex Firth

It's 15 years since the UK government promised to end child poverty. Time to revive that ambition

'It worries me it could happen again': How Covid turned life upside down for children and young people
Text reads: Coronavirus. Stay at home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives
Dr Alison Penny

'It worries me it could happen again': How Covid turned life upside down for children and young people

BBC's Crongton is a 'celebration of Alex Wheatle's incredible life and powerful stories'
Crongton imagery
TV

BBC's Crongton is a 'celebration of Alex Wheatle's incredible life and powerful stories'

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition
Lynn Perry

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition

Why are self-employed dads like me being forced to make an impossible choice?
man and baby's hand
Marvyn Harrison

Why are self-employed dads like me being forced to make an impossible choice?

James O'Brien on being adopted and why he hasn't met his birth mum: 'So much of life is luck'
james o'brien
Adoption

James O'Brien on being adopted and why he hasn't met his birth mum: 'So much of life is luck'

How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family
ballet shoes cast
Theatre

How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family

'It's deeply upsetting': 80 homeless children have died in temporary accommodation in just one year
A child at home
Temporary accommodation

'It's deeply upsetting': 80 homeless children have died in temporary accommodation in just one year

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation
Reading

Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation

How to get school uniforms on a budget in 2025
school uniform illustration
School uniforms

How to get school uniforms on a budget in 2025

I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was
Foster care

I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was

'A toy is not a luxury': How games and toys are helping children in Gaza process 'unimaginable' trauma
Gaza

'A toy is not a luxury': How games and toys are helping children in Gaza process 'unimaginable' trauma

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