Today, we launch Children at the Table in the hope more children will have safe and happy childhoods.

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What’s Children at the Table & why is it important?

The UK could be the best place in the world to grow up. But right now, it isn’t.

Children are facing more challenges. There are more babies going without support from health visitors. More children are growing up in poverty. And more young people are waiting months on a mental health waiting list.

These trends are going the wrong way.

That’s why we’ve come together with Barnardo’s, The Children’s Society, the National Children’s Bureau and NSPCC.

Supported by more than 130 organisations from the voluntary and community sectors, we want to make sure the next government has a plan to put Children at the Table.

Ahead of the upcoming general election, we must make sure the next Prime Minister does more to make good childhoods a national priority.

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