ALL BIRMINGHAM'S
CHILDREN
Trying To Promote The Best Interests of ALL Children Living in Birmingham
WHO WE ARE
OurMission & Values
We are a group of local children, parents and professionals who care and work with local children and young people: who genuinely want to make EVERYONE living and working in Birmingham recognise the importance of working towards making Birmingham the safest and best city in the UK for children and young people to live in and grow up.
The Story Behind ABC
How did ABC come about?
ABC grew out of the knowledge that despite Birmingham being the most youthful city in the UK, with a brilliant, diverse, energetic population of 1.2 million caring and kind people, with world-class universities and great further education colleges and schools: In 2018:
- Birmingham had the highest rate of child poverty in the UK (28.9 % which when housing costs rises to 42.33 %).
- Birmingham had the highest infant mortality and levels of childhood obesity in the UK.
- 28% of Birmingham's population has no formal qualifications.
- The number of Birmingham families using food banks had increased by 500% over the previous year.
Equally shocking is that, given the above the UK government has no strategic plan on how to promote the best interests of All children of Birmingham. Instead, it relies on a cash-starved local authority to provide the bare minimum services to those children who are most in need. Furthermore, Birmingham city council had no strategic plan which involved promoting the needs of all the children in Birmingham.
ABC seeks to address this situation by working with citizens, organisations, public servants, elected officials and local businesses to campaign for all the children of Birmingham to be celebrated for simply being children. Birmingham is a garret city: it can and should be doing much more to recognise its children. We believe that a campaign focused on promoting the best interests of ALL children in Birmingham, with no child excluded our left out, will enrich the social fabric of our great city and will benefit children and adults alike.
MEET OUR ORGANISERS
ABC is run and organised 100 % voluntary by local people, organisations and business who care about ABC and are willing to do something to help make
Birmingham the best and safest place to live and grow up in.
CHAIR
EDDIE O'HARA
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DEPUTY CHAIR
LIAM O'HARA
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TREASURER
CAROLINE O'HARA
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NICKY PITTAWAY
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NIALL McAULEY
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JOANNE OSMOND
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MICHAEL HALL
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