Press Statements and Releases

Below you will find statements and releases issued to the media on a range of topics related to the work that Family Action does.

If you are interested in finding out more about our policy work, or if you are a journalist and would like to speak to someone in the media team, please contact:

Rhian Beynon, Head of Policy and Campaigns
Rhian.Beynon@family-action.org.uk | 020 7241 7457
Anthony McCaul, Senior Media and Campaigns Officer
anthony.mccaul@family-action.org.uk | 020 7241 7632 or 0781 309 2040.

25:1:12: Abolition of the Social Fund Strikes at the Heart of the Welfare State and Means Poorest Could Fall Through the Cracks says Family Action.

9:1:12: Family Action has coordinated a joint letter with 20 charities warning about the catastrophic dangers of abolishing the discretionary Social Fund and replacing it with local provision for disadvantaged people. Read our letter to the Guardian and a statement from our Chief Executive. Read more on our Social Fund campaigning.

15:12:11: "Troubled" Families Need More than Crisis Intervention says Family Action.

6:12:11: Poor Families Face Prospect of Cancelling Christmas as Pressure on Family Finances Mount, say Family Action. Read the Press Release and Executive Summary of our new report. Read the full report here.

2:12:11: Changing the Child Poverty Measure Will Send Children's Life Chances into the Red

29.11.11: Family Action's response to the Chancellor's autumn statement.

23:11:11: Family Action Challenges Government on Missing £117 Million as Crisis Loans are Cut

18:11:11: Family Action Concerns Over Uprating of Benefits for Vulnerable Families - Family Friendly Test Goes Out the Window.

24:10:11: Riots FIgures Devastating Indictment of How Society Has Failed the Poorest and Most Disadvantaged Younger Men

18:10:11: Family Action Warns on Post Natal Services and Gives Support to the Joe(Joanne) Bingley Memorial Foundation

17:10:11: Family Action Welcomes Government Focus on Supporting "Troubled" Families

17:10:11: Poorest Families will be left out in the cold at Energy Summit, Family Action warns

10:10:11: Poorer families will lose out on Council Tax Con, Family Action Warn

10:10:11: Government Will Fail to End Child Poverty unless Concrete Steps Taken, says Family Action Chief Executive

7:10:11: Family Action Welcomes Extra Government Cash for Childcare Support in Universal Credit

16:9:11: Family Action Welcomes Early Interventon Foundation but Warns Public Finances Must Still Support Families in Crisis

13.9.11: Universal Credit Monthly Payments Could Mean Dodgy Debt for Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Families

8.09.11: Knee Jerk Policy is Rarely Good Policy - Family Action Chief Executive Helen Dent responds to suggestions benefits will be docked from families.

3.09.11: Back to School Costs are Breaking the Bank say Family Action in new report on the impact of back to school costs on Family Finances.

15.08.11: Following the Prime Ministers speech earlier today, Family Action's Head of Policy and Campaigns says the benefit cap fails the Prime Minster's "family-friendly" test.

10.6.11: Charities Express Concern About Impact of Social Fund Abolition on Domestic Abuse Survivors. Family Action, Women's Aid and Platform 51 express concern to Home Secretary and Minister for Women Rt Hon Theresa May MP.

12.5.11: New Poverty Figures Show Government Needs to Change Course or Fail on Eradicating Child Poverty. Helen Dent our Chief Executive comments on Households Below Average Income figures.

12.4.11: Universal Credit Halves Support for Disabled Children - read our Press Statement on how welfare new welfare reforms will hurt some of the most disadvantaged children.

5.4.11: Children that are born broke will find no recompense in easier access to an internship - Family Action comments on Social Mobility and Child Poverty Strategy launch.

4.4.11: Children's Charities feeling the Cuts - read the comments of our Chief Executive Helen Dent, a Trustee of Children England on their latest report, Counting the Cuts

4.4.11: With Government action on child poverty due this week Family Action is concerned that the Child Poverty Strategy will have been long in production but short on action.

30.3.11: Family Action has co-signed a letter to The Times on Government plans to charge parents in need of child maintenance. You can read the letter here.

23.3.11: Family Action Budget Response - George Osborne's clearly not a family man.

22.3.11: Charities have united to raise concerns about proposed changes to the Social Fund. Read our press release about the Parliamentary lobbying we've coordinated.

21.3.11: Family Action is concerend about the Budget and welfare cuts which will hit families in April 2011. Read our pre budget briefing here.

3.3.11: Family Action Responds to news on new Crisis Loan restrictions.

2.3.11: Family Action raises concerns about reform of the DIscretionary Social Fund and how this will effect families and local authorities.

17.2.11: This isn't the time for Iain Duncan Smith to be a have-a-go hero on welfare. He has got to get this right - Family Action comment on the Welfare Reform Bill.

8.2.11: Read Family Action's Rhian Beynon's comments on the launch of the Centre for Social Justice Mental Health: Poverty, Ethnicity and Family Breakdown report.

7.2.11: Family Action Head of Policy and Campaigns Rhian Beynon comments on the launch of the Centre for Social Justice Mental Health: Poverty, Ethnicity and Family Breakdown report.

2.2.11: Family Action response to the Government's Mental Health Strategy - No Health Without Mental Health

1.12.10: Diary Notice: Looking for Families to Feature in Christmas Stories - Help Family Action Celebrate the Acheivements of Our Families

22.11.10: Universal Credit: Marginal Returns? - Family Action Investigation shows that as many as 1.35 million families in work could be worse off as a result of the Universal credit

1.11.10: Pushed into Poverty - Family Action Warns About Impact of Spending Review on Low Income Families

29.10.10: Families Who Suffer in Silence Should Not Lose Out on Early Intervention Support, Family Action Warn

20.10.10: Vulnerable Families and Couples Cast Adrift in Spending Review, Family Action Warns

20.10.10: Read our recommendations to make the Welfare Cap plans and Housing Benefit changes fairer for vulnerable families

19.10.10: Sums Don't Add Up for Treasury of Poor Families

15.10.10: Government Must Try Harder on Pupil Premium, Family Action Warn

14.10.10: Housing Benefit Cuts: MPs Urged to Look Out for Louise

11.10.10: Couples Hit By Welfare Changes Family Action Study Reveals

27.09.10: Single Parents being forced out of further education

05.07.10: Housing Benefit and safeguarding children (June Budget 2010)

22.06.10: Response to Emergency Budget June 2010

18.02.10: Early intervention is about support not snooping