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Taking Truth to Action
September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day, a day to honour First Nations, Inuit and Métis Survivors of residential schools, the children who never returned home, their families and their communities. At The Jean Tweed...
September is National Recovery Month
September is National Recovery Month — a time to honour the courage, strength and resilience of people on their recovery journeys. At The Jean Tweed Centre, we know that recovery is deeply personal. There is no single path forward, and recovery may look different at...
Critical Women’s Treatment Program Faces Uncertain Future as Funding Nears Expiry
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Critical Women’s Treatment Program Faces Uncertain Future as Funding Nears Expiry Toronto, ON – The Jean Tweed Centre’s Internet-Based Treatment Program (IOP), a life-changing program that has served over 700 women across Ontario, is at risk of...
Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Sylvia Jones, marks Recovery Month with visit to The Jean Tweed Centre
Toronto, Ontario. September 28, 2023 – The Jean Tweed Centre and Addictions & Mental Health Ontario (AMHO) were pleased to host Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Sylvia Jones at The Jean Tweed Centre for Women & Their Families in Etobicoke. Minister Jones...
‘Truly dreadful’ poverty rise must prompt Government action
Responding to official statistics showing 200,000 more children are now living in poverty, Matthew Reed, Chief Executive of The Children’s Society, said: 'These figures are truly dreadful. The Government was repeatedly warned of the likely consequences of reducing...
Campaign leads to new pledge for children in care
Campaign leads to new pledge for children in careHundreds of children in care who are moved outside their local communities are set to benefit from improved support from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority following a campaign by The Children’s Society. After...
The Children’s Society wins award for film on child sexual abuse
The Children's Society has received a prestigious award for producing a hard-hitting film aimed at training three quarters of a million staff across the NHS to recognise the signs of child sexual abuse or exploitation. The charity film entitled ‘See. Hear. Stop the...
Celebrities back Christmas single to fight child poverty
A host of Coronation Street celebrities are supporting a campaign by a sixth form college and schools in the Blackpool area who are releasing a Christmas single today that highlights the issue of child poverty and aims to raise money for charity. Famous faces from the...
June Brown supports campaign to make vulnerable children’s voices heard this Christmas
One of Britain’s best-loved actresses, June Brown, is launching The Children’s Society’s annual Christingle campaign, to help raise £1.2 million for the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people this Advent and Christmas season. June, whose TV acting career spans...
2.6 million poor children miss out on crucial fuel poverty support
Only 1 in 3 of UK’s poorest children are benefitting from the government’s Warm Home Discount, leaving as many as 2.6 million children out in the cold, new analysis from The Children’s Society has found. As temperatures plummeted as low as -10c in part of England and...
Odds still stacked against struggling families following Budget
Matthew Reed, Chief Executive of The Children’s Society, said: 'The Chancellor said today he wanted to show ordinary families that the dice weren’t loaded against them, but this Budget has failed to shift the odds in their favour. 'Today’s OBR forecast shows inflation...
Children’s well-being must be priority in new Government and Brexit talks
The Prime Minister today spoke of the need for certainty going forward – and certainty is crucial for families and children whose lives have been harmed by successive cuts in welfare support. Matthew Reed, Chief Executive of The Children’s Society, said: Now the Prime...
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