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SEND reforms: Families need more than government promises
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (519+ words) Diane Johnson, chief executive of charity EnFold and mother to a child with special educational needs, shares her thoughts on the government's proposals to reform the SEND system Diane Johnson, founder and chief executive of charity EnFold, which supports people…...
Margaret Thatcher's legacy is still being kicked against at Keele Uni
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (459+ words) On tour, Robin Ince is given hope by communities finding strength in resistance and creativity Keele University. Image: Mholland, CC BY-SA 2.5, wikimedia.org Walking under the quite correctly named Pigeon Shit Bridge on the way to Stoke-on-Trent station, a young…...
Families face a bitter fight for SEND support: 'It nearly killed us"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1778+ words) Big Issue has spoken to seven families about their fights for educational support for their disabled children, as the government prepares to announce plans to overhaul the system Big Issue has spoken to a number of families with children with…...
Homeless kids in Greater Manchester to get free bus travel
2+ week, 1+ day ago (656+ words) Choose your Big Issue newsletters: The stories we're investigating, the change we're fighting for, and the ways you can get involved and help make it happen. Children living in temporary housing will get free school travel on Greater Manchester's Bee…...
Children's author Jacqueline Wilson: 'Reading is in danger"
2+ week, 4+ day ago (847+ words) Choose your Big Issue newsletters: The stories we're investigating, the change we're fighting for, and the ways you can get involved and help make it happen. Seventy-five years on from the Festival of Britain, Jacqueline Wilson is returning to the…...
Big Issue founder revives calls for targets to end child poverty
3+ week, 6+ day ago (992+ words) Lord John Bird received backing from peers as he tabled an amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill which would set legally-binding targets to hold the government to account on reducing child poverty Lord John Bird speaking in the…...
More than four million children still set to be in poverty by 2029
4+ week, 1+ day ago (772+ words) Joseph Rowntree Foundation projections show child poverty is set to remain at near record levels unless the government takes further action beyond the measures already announced in the child poverty strategy The government has set out plans to lift children…...
Did Sadiq Khan's free school meals deprive schools of millions?
4+ week, 2+ day ago (692+ words) When Sadiq Khan expanded free school meals in London, there were fears schools could miss out on millions. But as plans for a national rollout approach, something different happened Over 100 million school dinners have been given out as part of…...
Ending violence against women and girls needs action, not words, campaigners say
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (455+ words) After years of unfulfilled promises, a Big Issue Changemaker says real change appears to be on the horizon Faustine Petron began the Make it Mandatory campaign after her own experience of an abusive relationship. Image: Supplied Pupils aged 16-18 are one…...
How family hubs are helping families in poverty when they need it most
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1380+ words) London launches a "2.2m scheme to help low-income families claim unclaimed financial support, as child poverty affects 700,000 children across the capital Families gathered at the Deptford Family Hub for the launch of the Family Financial Resilience Partnership. Credit: Greater London Authority…...