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Poverty Shouldn’t Be a Child Protection Issue

Gary Direnfeld

I was working for the Catholic Children’s Aid Society in downtown Toronto. He rode it to the various food banks in different close communities. He rode it to the various food banks in different close communities. He did this as it was the only means of food for his family. He was though a victim of society.

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Social Work England finds broad support for proposed expectations of new graduates

Community Care

The impact of the social context in which people live including: housing, deprivation, food insecurity, education, unemployment, poverty, homelessness, social justice, ecological and environmental issues, asylum, migration and ethnic segregation.

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What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

Public health policies changed worldwide to increase levels of foods fortified with folic acid. “MQ MQ has enabled research that may result in measurable impact in prevention of mental illness in young people… MQ brings together a wide range of specialists from different areas, with a driving focus on impact, especially for young people.”

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What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

Public health policies changed worldwide to increase levels of foods fortified with folic acid. “MQ MQ has enabled research that may result in measurable impact in prevention of mental illness in young people… MQ brings together a wide range of specialists from different areas, with a driving focus on impact, especially for young people.”

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How can we protect peoples mental health during the cost-of-living-crisis?

MQ Mental Health

The UK are currently experiencing high inflation, rising costs for essentials such as food and housing and experts are predicting that impacts to health will be huge. This partnership aims to provide a comprehensive roadmap for a whole society approach to protect people’s mental health amid the cost-of-living-crisis.

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‘Dear social worker’

The Frontline

Social worker, each day you wake up with a passion to help the most vulnerable members of our society, during the pandemic you have been instrumental in keeping children safe. You navigated new government systems to help our families where poverty became their new normal and food banks became their life supply.

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Pelé, Sports, and Hope

Beyond Advocacy

He grew up in relative poverty. I say relative because he counted himself among the half of Brazilians who could not afford shoes, but he was not among the third who faced severe food insecurity. When I learned of his death, I realized that while I was aware of his greatness, I knew little about the man.

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