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markrusselluk.bsky.social
From N.Ireland, work in London, live in Hampshire. I’m passionate about social justice, hope, and building a society for all children. Chief Executive of @childrenssociety.bsky.social , School Governor, FRSA. Views mine 🏳️‍🌈
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It was good for @nerys-a.bsky.social and I to be in Worcester yesterday to join @childrenssociety.bsky.social Steer Clear team for an important conference on how we safeguard young people from knife crime. Really good to have our partners West Mercia PCC there too #EndYouthViolence

We are encouraged by today’s #CrimeAndPolicingBill. The new offence of child criminal exploitation is a critical step forward; however, it's important to have a clear definition of child criminal exploitation alongside the offence to properly safeguard child victims 👇

Important from @matthewsyed.bsky.social about how we’ve failed children. We @childrenssociety.bsky.social have been passionately arguing we need to invest in young people, particularly to support their mental health. Their future and the UK’s future depends on it www.thetimes.com/article/2124...

After years of campaigning, so pleased that A new offence of Child Criminal Exploitation will be introduced next week as part of the government’s #CrimeAndPolicingBill - an important measure to directly increase protection of children at risk of exploitation More from @markrusselluk.bsky.social ⬇️

We @childrenssociety.bsky.social have campaigned for years to have the law tightened to protect children from criminal exploitation. So we welcome @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social new Crime and Policing Bill. We need to punish exploiters, prioritise victims and put child safety first

Well said @richardbranson.bsky.social

It was so good yesterday to be back in Leeds to meet up with our fantastic @childrenssociety.bsky.social teams working with young people across West Yorks, but also to meet in our fantastic and second #TimeForYoungPeople hub supporting young people with their mental health and wellbeing!

So pleased to see @childrenssociety.bsky.social policy & advocacy team working with @missingpeopleuk.bsky.social yesterday focussing MPs attention on the needs of children missing from home and care

Lovely to see our latest Time for young people service open its doors in Leeds. The service provides open access, free wellbeing and mental health support for local young people - no appointments, no waiting times - just want they need - when they need it Go team Leeds! #TeamTCS

So pleased to welcome James Rudolf to @childrenssociety.bsky.social National Office today. James is the great grandson of Edward Rudolf who founded us in 1881. I was thrilled to meet him and share how Mr Rudolf’s DNA still flows through this very special organisation.

Absolutely wonderful to see our latest @childrenssociety.bsky.social #TimeForYoungPeople hub open in Leeds! This amazing new hub will support so many young people with their mental health and wellbeing! #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

Sharing a new article featured in CYP Now magazine focused on @childrenssociety.bsky.social HEARTS service in Leeds. Providing advocacy to young refugees & asylum seekers. Thank you to our colleague Linidiwe for showcasing our work www.cypnow.co.uk/content/best...

It’s #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek and this year’s theme is Know Yourself, Grow Yourself. Raising emotionally intelligent and resilient children can give them the tools they need to grow. But where do we even start? We’ve put together a list of tips: childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/b...

Inspiring visit to our #TCSEast service office in Chelmsford. We concluded our @childrenssociety.bsky.social leadership away day with a visit to hear colleagues share their work with young people across & beyond Essex. Blown away by the relentless focus on young people & impact of this team

We are so so proud of our new drop in service to support young people with their mental health and wellbeing. Time for Young People in Newham was designed with and for young people Watch this short film and hear from the young people themselves!

Lovely to meet Mark from the children’s society today. I share his passion for improving the lives of children and young people, and I look forward to working with his organisation to make a real change for children in Heywood and Middleton North.

A real privilege today to meet with @elsieblundellmp.bsky.social and talk about our shared commitment to changing children’s lives. I was delighted to talk to her about @childrensociety work and our key priorities. Love her passion to make a difference!

Our team have worked their socks off to create the most wonderful new young peoples service in Newham. This new short film shares some of the story of how we worked with young people to design it. I love it when vision becomes reality

We are so so proud of our new drop in service to support young people with their mental health and wellbeing. Time for Young People in Newham was designed with and for young people Watch this short film and hear from the young people themselves!

Our Disrupting Exploitation prog is coming to a graceful close. We @childrenssociety.bsky.social are grateful to the Nat Lottery Community Fund for our strategic partnership & significant support. Many lives impacted by this work, as well as propelling our thinking & action to prevent exploitation

Affirming day in Cheltenham with @nickcookuk.bsky.social visiting @childrenssociety.bsky.social new youth hub. Blown away by the potential of the service, the work already done to embed across the districts & the commitment to ensure access, variety & inspiration for local young people #TeamTCS

It’s been such a pleasure to be in Plymouth today to meet our amazing @childrenssociety.bsky.social team supporting Young Carers and Young People affected by substance misuse. As ever I’m so impressed by our truly amazing colleagues and their commitment to young people!

It was such a privilege today to give a keynote address at the Scouts #Summit25 and share the findings from @childrenssociety.bsky.social Good Childhood Report and the changes needed to ensure every child thrives. It was a privilege to be with 800 leaders committed to investing in children!

Inspiring keynote by @markrusselluk.bsky.social at Summit25, reminding us that young people deserve the best opportunities in life; and that Scouting has the power to change their trajectories, 1 degree at a time

I love that young people’s voices are at the heart of all we do @childrenssociety.bsky.social This important report shows what young people believe prevents adults from taking action to prevent child exploitation Check it out! 👇

Every time I’m in @childrenssociety.bsky.social National Office I see the plaque given to us by IICSA, and we’ve made a commitment to fight for their recommendations to become a reality - to protect more children from sexual abuse. The fight goes on

Incredible to see our CEO @markrusselluk.bsky.social giving evidence to parliament about the Children's Wellbeing & Schools Bill, with mention of the national wellbeing measure that will help transform the wellbeing of so many children.🔈

With so much change needed for children and young people, I was pleased to give evidence to two Parliamentary committees today focussed on children’s wellbeing, welfare and protection. Great to be alongside fellow champions for change @markrusselluk.bsky.social and @katharinesj.bsky.social 💚

Our CEO, @markrusselluk.bsky.social gave evidence to the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill Committee today, welcoming the introduction of the Bill and setting out the needed improvements. Namely, introducing a national wellbeing measurement in order to truly transform children's wellbeing.

I’m so grateful to work alongside so many friends in the children’s charities sector. Today I was honoured to join two of the best, @katharinesj.bsky.social and @lynnanneperry.bsky.social as we gave evidence to Parliament on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. #TeamworkIsDreamwork

A privilege to give evidence to Parliament alongside pals @katharinesj.bsky.social and @lynnanneperry.bsky.social to support much of what this Bill is trying to achieve - and call for a national wellbeing measurement to put children’s voices at the centre of government @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social

Delighted that @markrusselluk.bsky.social represented our work today in the Children’s and Schools Wellbeing Bill Committee - sharing the work of @childrenssociety.bsky.social and our calls for action to improve children’s lives @tcspolicypractice.bsky.social - amazing support as ever

Great to see @markrusselluk.bsky.social, CEO @childrenssociety.bsky.social speaking at the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill evidence committee. He emphasised the importance of children's wellbeing measurement and our joint work as a coalition to fill in this missing piece of the bill.

I’ll be giving evidence to the Parliamentary committee scrutinising the Children's Wellbeing & Schools Bill at 2:40pm - talking about what we welcome & where it needs to go further for young people with @markrusselluk.bsky.social & @lynnanneperry.bsky.social parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/6b…