Almost two thirds of children in some areas do not receive crucial mandatory health visitor checks

There are on average 692 cases a day of children assessed by social services to be at risk of domestic violence.

Senior policy advisor at Action for Children, Meredith Davis responds.

Better understanding how neglect interacts with other forms of sexual harm will help improve prevention and intervention

New research on the relationship between child neglect and other forms of harm

The Bill could be improved to make a fundamental difference for children and young people.

This week I travelled to Edinburgh from Cardiff to attend the UK’s biggest safeguarding conference held by BASPCAN.

At Action for Children, we cover a lot of ground. We’re proud of our work with all the children we help, including children in care, disabled children, children in need of protection and more. We provide services in settings ranging from children’s centres to women’s prisons. At the core of all this work lies a principle steering absolutely everything we do: striving to make the lives of children better.