Open letter delivered to UK Secretary of State from Together for Short Lives. Video included

'Too many children with life-limiting conditions and their families are unable to receive round the clock care'

Date letter posted 30th January 2020.

“This afternoon we delivered an open letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, calling for immediate action to end th

Charities team up for child mental health programme – Scotland, UK

“We hope that this service will help young people and their families when they most need support.”

Extracts from TFN article by Gavin Stuart, 19th November 2019:

A new support programme being piloted in Edinburgh aims to improve children’s wellbeing and relieve pressure on mental health services.

Transition support bill launched in Scotland, UK

New legislation which aims to ensure young people living with a disability receive support with the transition to adulthood has been launched

From article by Gareth Jones in TFN:

A new bill has been unveiled which aims to ensure every disabled child with an impairment or long-term condition has a ri

A New Deal for Families of Today - COFACE highlights priorities for 2020-2024

Includes: ‘A Europe which invests in child well-being, shaping a healthy society, environment and economy fit for children’

From COFACE: According to Esping-Andersen’s “The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism”, there are three key players in the production of welfare: the state, the market and

International appeal to stop 5G on Earth and in Space

From campaign organiser:

"Protests will take place in many countries on Saturday, January 25, 2020. This is the first Global Day of Protest against 5G. It is only the first of more to come until our voices are heard and the irradiation of the Earth is stopped. In the days leading up to January 25, t

Dangers to children from smartphone and wi-fi radiation. Europe’s children’s commissioners are getting interested!

In TAC Bulletin Update 244 in May 2019 I reported that I had approached UK’s four children’s commissioners about harmful health effects to babies and children of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) from smartphones and wi-fi gadgets.

My piece included:

In May 2018 I learned that the Northern Ireland’s

EM Radiation Research Trust puts UK government on notice regarding 5G amidst profound world-wide health concerns

‘Our children are receiving no precautionary guidance for the use of mobile phones, smartphones, tablets and now the internet of things...’

The EM Radiation Research Trust are calling for an outright ban for risky untested 5G technology in response to the UK Government’s consultation calling

New recruitment round for the Early Years Fellowship

Amanda E. Devercelli writes:

I am very pleased to announce the launch of a new recruitment round for the Early Years Fellowship.

We graduated our first cohort of Fellows from 15 countries in Africa in June 2019 and are now expanding the program globally to more than 30 countries (see lis