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Support families with back to school costs
Every teacher offers students and families support throughout the school experience, each in their own unique way. Find a perfectly unique eCard to show them you care.
The End Child Poverty Coalition has published local child poverty data, showing the scale of child poverty across the UK.
Poverty
As of March 2023, youth homelessness was recorded to be at an all-time high in Scotland. Learn more about how we help alleviate the crisis, and how you can too.
This Young Carers Week, we look at what it means to be a young carer. How does this shape their childhood? What impact does it have and how can you help?
Young carers
With the UK government proposing the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, we look at the cost of back to school shopping.
18 August 2025
Tanya and Jyoti have children who face barriers to attend school and have sought help through Action for Children’s Parent Talk service. Through their stories, learn how Action for Children can help and what we want to see changed.
16 August 2025
How we’re giving more young people access to technology and education: Meghan's story
03 August 2025
No one expects to become homeless - especially not at the age of 16. Discover Lorna's story, and how Dorset Nightstop helped her back on her feet.
02 July 2025
Derrick and Sue from Kent started fostering through Action for Children in 1999. Since then, they've fostered more than 30 children.
20 May 2025
London Independent Visitor volunteer, Charlie, tells us of his experience as an Independent Visitor and the relationship he's built with John.
27 March 2025
Our latest research shows that teachers are stepping in where other services for children are overburdened.
15 August 2025
What the recent Spending Review means for children and families.
24 June 2025
We are campaigning for Keir Starmer’s Labour government to abolish the Two Child Limit and Benefit Cap.
19 March 2025