It could be quite easy to turn inwards, managing our own turmoil as we figure out how to do ‘different’ in whatever context that might be. And many of us have done just that.

The plight of more disadvantaged children and families is much more front and centre, and will only continue to become so as the crisis is prolonged.

Six months after lockdown, facts and figures are emerging as research reports on the aftermath of lockdown, and what we know is that what was an already fragile situation for many vulnerable children in our country, is now worse.

Some children will find it difficult to leave the home and faces that have become a solid constant over the last six months but there are things that parents can do to help their little ones adjust to the change.

For us at Kids Matter BLM has been particularly impactful in drawing our gaze to the very distinct difference between being non-racist and being anti-racist. Ben Lindsay’s book We Need To Talk About Race has been a worthwhile and constructive help in this process.

When school doors reopen in September there won’t just be Maths and English to catch up on, children will need to re-engage with how to socially interact with their peers.

Parents can role play certain scenarios with their children, to teach them new social skills they might not have practiced for a while...

New research reveals that the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown has had a disproportionate impact on the most vulnerable and marginalised in society.

Click on the video link for to hear Kids Matter founder and director Eli Gardner in conversation with the London Diocese about running Kids Matter in lockdown...

What does it look like to raise a healthy family without that guilt and dread that so often is attached to all things food and exercise?

One does not have to think too hard to imagine the psychological impact of pre-existing familial trauma exacerbated by a situation where fraught relationships have no room to breathe.

Many of our partner churches are asking us how they can reach families when the need is overwhelming. And what if families don’t engage? We don’t have all the answers but we do have some ideas that we have seen working in communities...