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Patrick Meleady

Patrick Meleady

Play ambassador

Patrick is a national champion for children’s play, and for children and families in the UK. He has spanned a wide range of sectors working to support young people during his long career, including managing open access play initiatives in Adventure Playgrounds, youth and community initiatives and community safety programmes. Patrick is highly committed to matters of social justice for all, with a focus on children and families.

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Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak walk side by side as they lead MPs into the House of Lords for the King's Speech (Picture: Dan Kitwood/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Here's why education needs to stay right at top of Labour's in-tray
Children missing out on their education is an escalating problem with more than 117,100 children out of education altogether in 2022-23.
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Bullying can destroy children’s lives

Cyber bullying is a real threat and can go on for years Patrick Meleady

Award winning Pitsmoor Adventure Playground, where Patrick Meleady used to work, is run by a charitable organisation set up by local people, with qualified staff on site during opening hours to ensure a safe and welcoming environment for children up to 13 years old.

Celebrating power of play despite politicians showing they don't care Patrick Meleady

An increasing number of girls and young women are being forced into gangs

No help for girls who are raped, threatened and forced into gangs Patrick Meleady

Children need areas to play and not being able to play has wide reaching implications for their health and development

Play is crucial for children so why is it disappearing? Patrick Meleady

(Photos: Mills/Laity family photograph/PA Wire/Getty Images)

Heartbreak brings hope that families will be heard Patrick Meleady

The ‘Take Hold’ campaign has been launched to tackle the rise in vaping in young people but far too many are also smoking

Fashion trend that kills but survives through generations Patrick Meleady

4.2 million children living and growing up in poverty in Britain and it doesn't have to be this way

The poor are getting poorer and now 4.2m UK children live in poverty Patrick Meleady

Thousands of nurseries have already closed and more are being threatened by government failures

Free childcare is a government joke at the expense of our nurseries Patrick Meleady

Levelling up is non-existent

Come up north and see the biting cost of austerity this Christmas Patrick Meleady

Some children are not attending lessons and missing out on learning to avoid the growing tide of bullying and violence in schools.

Bullies, violence and knife-crime: Children too scared to go to school Patrick Meleady

A Joseph Rowntree Foundation report found that almost four million people in the UK, including more than a million children, experienced the most extreme form of poverty last year. Credit: Mark Hall/Adobe

How did hungry kids in cold homes become acceptable in the UK?
Child poverty is alive and well in the UK in 2023. It is not inevitable but it needs heartfelt action at both local and national level.
Patrick Meleady

Capsules of nitrous oxide, also called "laughing gas", are dangerous even though young people are often oblivious to the threat it poses. (Photo by DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images)

No laughing matter when children as young as 8 use nitrous oxide Patrick Meleady

More action is needed on knife crime

More action is needed to stop surge in knife crime and violence in schools Patrick Meleady

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