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The Children's Society @childrenssociety.bsky.social · 5d

We’re coming up on Christingle season!🍊

This candle-lit celebration is the perfect opportunity to celebrate, make memories, and have fun with your community.

This year, we have new and improved resources - use them to plan your own Christingle event: shop.childrenssociety.org.uk/christingle....

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The Children's Society @childrenssociety.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know that gendered attitudes are ingrained by the time a child turns 10?🤔

Next week, we are running an online course for anyone supporting young people in a professional capacity to explore and challenge gender stereotypes.

Book your ticket now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...

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The Children's Society @childrenssociety.bsky.social · 1d

Gender stereotypes can reinforce barriers that prevent young people from getting help with exploitation and abuse.

Our *NEW* youth voice report highlights the urgent need for professionals to reflect on how support is offered across genders & identities👉 www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/...

‘‘Boys might need more support to open up, because people have grown up saying boys shouldn’t show emotion” - Young person

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 10h

Another Party Conference and another opportunity for young people to be at the centre of discussions! The Children's Charities Coalition panel at Conservative Party Conference ensuring that discussions on policy impacting young people, is led by young people!

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 10h

Privileged to be invited to contribute to Catch 22's event at Conservative Party Conference on tackling and preventing violence and exploitation that impacts young people. Key to stress the importance of joined-up, place-based approaches.

The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks to Michelle Welsh, Labour MP for Sherwood Forest, for meeting us at Labour Party Conference to discuss support for missing and exploited children.

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 7d

Our young trustees, Brogan and Rose, met with @simonforstroud.bsky.social to discuss why it's so important we measure children’s wellbeing at the Labour Party Conference.

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 8d

These roles are central to our amazing #TeamTCS to grow our impact with and for young people.

If you want to be a part of this brilliant journey then please do take a look at the roles, or share with someone who you think may love this opportunity!

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 8d

🌟 Senior Campaigns & Advocacy Officer

We are looking for an enthusiastic campaigner with the creativity to deliver impactful political campaigns.

👉 All information here: careers.childrenssociety.org.uk/recruitment/...

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 8d

🌟 Campaigns & Advocacy Manager

We are looking for an experienced campaign expert to lead our efforts to campaign for political change.

👉 All information here: careers.childrenssociety.org.uk/recruitment/...

The Children's Society Careers

The Children's Society Careers, Jobs, Search and Apply

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 8d

We are hiring a Campaigns & Advocacy Manager and a Senior Campaigns & Advocacy Officer to drive our political campaigning work!

These roles will drive our political campaigning work to ensure young people are at the heart of Government with ambitious systemic change to impact young people's lives!

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 8d

👋 Hello! We have some incredibly exciting new roles to join our Policy, Advocacy & Influencing Team at TCS - are you looking for an inspiring new challenge, or know someone who is?

#Recruitment #Campaigns #Inspire #Change #CharityJobs

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 8d

An honour to join our friends at Catch 22 for this event on the next steps for the Safer Streets mission, ensuring young people experience joined up support and services, benefiting from trusted adult relationships to keep them safe. Pleased to support the important ‘Drawing the Line’ campaign.

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 8d

We are so proud of our amazing young trustees for their involvement in our panel event at Party Conference 👏🏼🙌🏼

The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 8d

Brogan, a Young Trustee at The Children’s Society, left us with a powerful message of hope - reminding us that with the right support, the potential of young people is limitless.

Image of Brogan with a text box that says, "I think the hope [for the future] is young people. We're a sad generation, but we have so much potential and when you see that change it's beautiful."

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 8d

Mark Russell, Chief Executive at The Children’s Society, spoke seriously about the challenge of improving young people’s lives amid declining wellbeing. Matt Hyde OBE, Chief Executive at Lloyds Bank Foundation, shared his vision for a caring, connected society.

Image of Mark Russel on the panel with a textbox that says "It is important to recognise the scale of the challenge in front of us. I've worked with young people for 30 years and things have never been so tough."

Image of Matt Hyde on the panel with a textbox that says, "We must believe in a nation of neighbours. In a better world, where people come together and support each other like we saw during Covid."

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The Children's Society @childrenssociety.bsky.social · 8d

4.5 million young people across the UK are in poverty.

This will only increase if the two-child limit is not removed.

We believe that young people’s wellbeing is not up for debate. By scrapping the policy, more children can access essentials they need for a happy childhood.

Navy blue background with white text in a quote font, reading: “It’s about having the right conditions to thrive, free from the additional burdens of poverty. If the system is going to support every child, it needs to work for every child”

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 8d

Brogan, a Young Trustee at The Children’s Society, left us with a powerful message of hope - reminding us that with the right support, the potential of young people is limitless.

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 8d

Mark Russell, Chief Executive at The Children’s Society, spoke seriously about the challenge of improving young people’s lives amid declining wellbeing. Matt Hyde OBE, Chief Executive at Lloyds Bank Foundation, shared his vision for a caring, connected society.

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 8d

Natasha Irons, Labour MP for Croydon East, spoke passionately about ensuring youth support is seen as an essential service to improve the mental health of all.

Image of Natasha on the panel with a text box that says, "You need to take youth provision as seriously as you do cleaning the streets, otherwise you end up with unhappy adults as well as children."

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 8d

We also heard from Rose, a Young Trustee at The Children’s Society, who powerfully highlighted the need to better support young people to speak up when things aren’t right.

Image of Rose on the panel with a text box next to her saying "How do we make it easier for young people to say "hey, this isn't right"?

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 8d

Our event explored how Government and civil society can partner to improve children’s wellbeing. A brilliant panel shared their thoughtful insights, including Joanne McCartney, Deputy Mayor for Children and Families, who spoke passionately about ensuring children's voices are heard by those power.

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Mark Russell (he/him) @markrusselluk.bsky.social · 8d

Delighted to have a few words today with Chancellor Rachel Reeves and welcome her decision on school libraries and share something of @childrenssociety.bsky.social passion to see the government change more children’s lives for the better.

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 9d

Just a glimpse of the exciting & jam-packed day in the Youth Zone at conference. Team TCS have had the privilege of also joining roundtable discussions on creative opportunities available to young people and how to eradicate child poverty and lift families out of poverty.

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 9d

Fantastic to host our panel on the relationship between Government and civil society to improve children’s wellbeing. Thanks to our incredible young people, @ndironsmp.bsky.social, @joannemccartney.bsky.social & @thisismatthyde.bsky.social for their time and expertise!

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The Children's Society Policy and Youth Practice @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social · 9d

^ and also the closest that our Director of Policy will get to the Premier League trophy, being a Nottingham Forest fan!

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