AM visits Action for Children in Swansea
19 November 2008
Plaid Cymru spokesperson on Child Poverty, Bethan Jenkins AM, has today 17/11/08 visited the offices of Action for Children in Swansea.
Action for Children (formerly NCH), is a charity committed to helping the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK break through injustice, deprivation and inequality, so they can achieve their full potential. Action for Children is the leading UK provider of family and community centres, children’s services in rural areas, services for disabled children and their families, and services for young people leaving care.
Speaking from Swansea today, Ms Jenkins said:
“Action for Children play an invaluable role in empowering disadvantaged young people and their families. Visiting them in Swansea has enabled me to see at first hand how they are helping young people and children, providing support and opportunities.
“The charity works to ensure that every child and young person has the self-esteem, resilience and social skills they need to succeed in life. They work hard in our community so that the most disadvantaged children in the area can find the inner strength to overcome the difficulties they face.
“As Plaid’s spokesperson on Child Poverty, I was pleased to have the opportunity to talk to professionals on the front line about how government policy is effecting their work and also to re-iterate my calls on the UK Government to honour its own child poverty targets by investing the necessary resources. We cannot allow the Government to fail vulnerable children by not investing the estimated £3 billion extra required to reach child poverty targets.”
