Longer-term funding for locally-delivered crisis support was one of the key asks made in our submission to the Government's Child Poverty Taskforce - read more: tinyurl.com/bdzd2map
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Great to see the new Crisis & Resilience Fund being officially launched in Sunderland last week, with three years of funding; a strong focus on prevention; and prioritising a cash-first (but not cash-only) approach to supporting families in financial crisis ⤵️
www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/...
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And congratulations to Sean Harris from @teesvalleyed.bsky.social and Suzanne Jobson from @childrennortheast.bsky.social for becoming our new Vice Chairs!
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Special thanks to Mairi Warrington for joining us from the Government’s Child Poverty Unit to discuss the new national child poverty strategy - as well as to our members for exploring what NECPC should focus on in the coming year (just sorry the meeting was so busy we forgot to take a photo 🙁)
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Another grey day at Grey’s Monument - but thank you to Newcastle Building Society for hosting us in their new Monument branch community room for what was a lively and productive North East Child Poverty Commission meeting this afternoon.
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Across the UK, millions of children are living in fuel poverty. Our final #FuelPovertyConf session of the day is shining a light on the toll fuel poverty takes on children’s health, wellbeing, education and life chances.
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North East campaigners welcome 'beginning of the end' for two-child benefit cap
Plans to abolish the two-child benefit cap this April could “immediately lift tens of thousands of children out of poverty across our region”, it is hoped
🗨️ 'The beginning of the end of one of the worst policies imposed on children in modern times'
Read our Chair Beth Farhat's response to this week's vote in Parliament on the legislation that will end the two-child limit in Universal Credit, from this April 👇
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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Read the full plan here: tinyurl.com/3a4nsuj7
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Yesterday, the North East CA Cabinet formally agreed its new corporate plan, covering 2026-30.
Really important to see this continued focus & longer-term commitment to prioritise reducing child poverty, tackling inequality & breaking down barriers to opportunity for babies, children & young people.
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🔴 Alongside many others, both here in the North East and across the country, we have advocated extensively for an end to this cruel policy over many years.
🟢 NECPC therefore strongly welcomes this legislation and has written to all North East MPs with a short briefing urging them to back it ⤵️
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Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty
Strategy document setting out the government’s ambitious decade long mission to tackle the drivers of child poverty across the UK.
🚸 The Bill will enact, from April 2026, the Government's commitment to end the two-child limit in Universal Credit that has been in place since 2017 - as the central plank of its new national child poverty strategy, 'Our Children, Our Future'.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Current version of Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill with latest news, sponsors, and progress through Houses
📃 Later today, the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill has its second reading in Parliament.
This will be the first opportunity for MPs to debate and vote on the principles of the legislation.
bills.parliament.uk/Bills/4059
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Today the Bill to end the two-child limit starts to make its way through Parliament.
This policy is responsible for driving child poverty to its current record high, with a devastating impact on young lives.
We have joined with 65 other organisations in asking all MPs to back this Bill.
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National Energy Action - the UK's #FuelPoverty Charity. Taking action so everyone can have a warm, safe and healthy home - www.nea.org.uk
Set up by schools for schools, we are a self-funded, registered charity that represents all 1,150 schools in the region.
Through our consultations, networking, podcast, surveys, roundtables & annual calendar of events, WE LEAD NOT PLEAD.
For what matters in childhood.
We’rer campaigning for change, follow to join us and learn more about our work.
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We exist because growing up can be hard.
Our work extends across Therapeutic, Community and Poverty Proofing© services, to ensure every baby, child and young person grows up happy and healthy.
Our vision is for children in the North of England to grow up with the same opportunities and life chances as those in the rest of the country.
Child of the North is joint project with the N8 Research Partnership and Health Equity North
We believe every child and young person should have the chance to grow, reach their potential and benefit from organisations working together. Part of the North East & North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NENC ICB).
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Research Fellow at CRSP, Loughborough University. Stats geek researching social policy and inequality, poverty, and living standards.
A human rights-based anti-poverty organisation tackling inequality and promoting social justice in the UK since 1962. Led by people with lived experience, we also work with academics, professionals and policy makers to improve policy and practice.
All Together in Dignity, ATD Fourth World - #SocialJustice, learning from people living in #poverty, #FamiliesBelongTogether @PFAN_UK and co-editor at @JPSJ_Journal
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