Thanks to Barnardo's NI for hosting the Reimagine Collective’s meeting with political representatives across the spectrum today. We are hopeful & determined to see meaningful change for children, young people & families who need high quality & equal provision of social care in NI

📢your voice counts! If you’ve recently read our latest report, you can take action to support its findings and recommendations by writing to your MLA and MP by clicking here➡️take.actionforchildren.org.uk/page/154120/pe…

The Scottish Govt have included #childpoverty in their Programme for Govt but NI has no reference to child poverty in 'Our Plan: Doing What Matters Most' despite 1 in 4 of our children living in poverty We suggest this should be one of the things that matters most NI Executive

ICYMI the young-person friendly Place2Call Home report-click to learn about children's social care across the UK & why governments in each jurisdiction need to do better for those with care-experience. actionforchildren.org.uk/our-work-and-i…

Thank you to the The Impartial Reporter for highlighting what being care-experienced in NI can mean. Instability, isolation, financial & mental stress…we believe we must do better for the almost 4,000 children & young people in our care system

Today marks 100 days until December 25th! We’re so grateful to River Radio for choosing us as their Toy Appeal partners to help ensure no child in the North West wakes up without a present on #Christmas morning 🎅🎄❤️

We're up at Stormont this afternoon for the All Party Group on the Voluntary and Community Sector Chaired by Diane Forsythe and will hear from a range of sector representatives from Homeless Connect, Action for Children NI & The Trussell Trust Northern Ireland #VoiceOfTheSector

Are you a #parent or #carer? Would you like to learn more about understanding your child’s behaviour? We're running a FREE parent workshop in our #Omagh office on 26th September (6pm-9pm). Places are limited - call 028 6632 4181 to register your interest as soon as possible.

Andrea Turnbull from Action for Children NI, shares the impact of the Young Adult Carers Service that received #EmpoweringYoungPeople funding. “We knew we had to create something that young adult carers wanted to be part of.” #ncbLINKS #SharingTheLearning

Thank you to Business in the Community & Equality Commission for the opportunity to learn & share best practice in promoting Race Equality in the Health & Social Care Sector today. It’s everyone’s job to make Northern Ireland a safe & welcoming place to live & work & we are committed to doing our part

Thanks to Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Education for hosting a wide range of stakeholders to look at their forward work agenda with reference to child poverty and educational outcomes. It was a helpful discussion & opportunity to share some insights from our services in NI & across the Uk

Huge thanks to NCB in Northern Ireland for welcoming our lovely Andrea to speak about the Young Adult #Carers service that utilised #EmpoweringYoungPeople funding to make a real difference to young people's lives. #ncbLINKS #SharingTheLearning The National Lottery Community Fund NI

Great to be at this event today with Lorna Ballard Action for Children NI ‘Celebrating a shared journey and the path ahead’ Centre for Cross Border Studies #CCBSconf #celebration #sharedjourney

Congrats Ursula & Joseph Rowntree Foundation.we know this investment & focus in NI will lead to better local evidence that will help inform better policy decisions.1 in 4 children facing poverty in our classrooms, our health & social care settings, in unsuitable & temp accommodation need this focus

We would welcome this proposal to remove #UniversalCredit 5-week wait. YP in care told us: “I had a terrible experience at 18... 3 weeks into the five week wait I got cut off…I was left living off rice and beans.” Along with members of Cliff Edge Coalition NI we want to see it removed⬇️