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Archived
campaigns
 The Make Child Benefit Count campaign is calling on
the Government to increase child benefit and ensure that younger
children get the same rate as the oldest child. You can support
the campaign by sending a message to the Chancellor at http://www.makechildbenefitcount.org
Keep the Promise event: follow-up action
Thank you to all our members and supporters who joined us on 4 October at the biggest ever event to end child poverty in the UK. Over 10,000 people joined the march and rally in Trafalgar Square. You can support the campaign by adding your own message to the Prime Minister on the Campaign to End Child Poverty website.
 2skint4school
Every child deserves a fair chance to learn. But those most likely to fail are the 1 in 3 children living in poverty. Help us end the classroom divide. Join the 2skint4school campaign.
Amnesty for
tax credit overpayments
Join
Child Poverty Action Group in its support for Early Day Motion (number
546) calling for an amnesty in respect of all tax credit overpayments
for the first two years of the scheme. Find
out more.
Reform
of the social fund
CPAG is campaigning for an urgent overhaul of the social fund
and, together with the National Council for One Parent Families
and the Family Welfare Association, has devised six draft options
for reform. Find out more.
Campaign
victory: Specialist Support Project is saved
Funding is restored to vital service for advisers. Find
out more.
Campaign
victory: Specialist Support Project is saved
Funding is restored to vital service for advisers. Find
out more.
 Ask
your MP to sign up to 10 steps to a society free of child poverty
Since we now have a new Parliament CPAG has written to all MPs to
urge them to sign up to our manifesto, 10 steps to a society
free of child poverty. Please reinforce this by writing
to your Member of Parliament, asking them to sign up to this set
of policy proposals. Find out more.
 Asylum
seekers milk tokens success
The campaign to give asylum seekers milk tokens has succeeded with
the Government’s change of policy. From 3 March 2003, pregnant
women and children under 3 who are supported by National Asylum
Support Service (NASS) will be given additional financial support.
Find out more.
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