A statement, coordinated by Action for Children, Barnardo’s, National Children’s Bureau, NSPCC and The Children’s Society and signed by a raft of children’s charities, teaching and medical unions and professional bodies, calls on the government to “announce that children will join health and the economy as the three pillars of the government’s coronavirus response”.
The statement says that “this generation of children face unprecedented threats to their childhoods and life chances”.
The coalition highlights the impact of the pandemic on children’s education, mental health and wellbeing due to school closures and extended waiting times for professional support.
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