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What do eight of the most influential children’s charities have in common?

The Independent reports today on the reaction of the biggest children’s charities and womens’ groups to government led asylum support cuts – read all about it…

How much does it cost you to travel to the supermarket by bus? Or to the shops to buy clothes? Or, if you are a parent, how much does it cost to buy a week’s supply of nappies?


For single parent asylum seekers small journeys like that are very difficult to budget for and they will soon become close to impossible (as any lone parents over 18 entering the asylum system have had their support frozen at £42.16 instead of increasing in line with inflation by 5.2% to £44.35).

Barnardo’s, the Children’s Society, Gingerbread, the Mother’s Union, Mumsnet, the NSPCC, Save the Children and Women for Refugee Women have all joined Refugee Action’s campaign and are standing together against asylum support cuts. Together, we are demanding talks with the Home Office over the reductions, which will only drive more youngsters into poverty.

To take up the cause add your name on Refugee Action’s campaign email to the Immigration Minister.


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Posted by Esme Peach

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 15th, 2009 at 5:36 pm and is filed under asylum support cuts campaign, News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “What do eight of the most influential children’s charities have in common?”

  1. Peter Edelsten says:
    March 10, 2011 at 2:02 am

    Not sure where to post this as the web site doesn’t make it clear how to start a new thread.

    How can you be sure Barnardo’s move to start a children’s detention centre will not defend the completely indefensible policy of detaining children at all? Surely the only reasonable approach is to completely condemn the policy.

    This contrasts with Oxfam’s move in recent years to become much more overtly political. If Barnardos want to do something useful they should use their brand name to help condemn the utterly indefensible policy of detaining children.

    regards

    Peter

  2. Julia Ravenscroft says:
    March 18, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    Thanks for your comment Peter. Sorry for the late reply. Refugee Action has always been against the detention of children and continues to hold that position. We are aware that Barnardo’s are providing welfare services in pre-departure accommodation. We are sure they would appreciate it if you sent them your comments.

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