I heard read something interesting the other day, and although I can’t find anything to confirm it just yet, the source was pretty reliable (if you consider news straight from the subject’s mouth – or, er…fingertips – to be “pretty reliable”).

It seems Matthew Lewis, that strapping young bloke over there to the right (you might recognize him as Neville Longbottom) recently took part in a photo call for the UK’s Action for Children charity.

Action for Children “supports and speaks out for the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK” and among the organizations many campaigns and goals is the Growing Strong campaign, which advocates for the emotional well being of some of the UK’s most disadvantaged children and encourages the nation to look at the harmful choices children can make, the issue of children having less happy and carefree time, and the fact that one in 10 UK children has a mental health problem.

We need to talk about:

• why children in the UK have low emotional wellbeing compared to other countries in the developed world
• real children, not stereotypes
• why children make harmful choices that can affect their future
• why one in 10 children in the UK has a mental health problem
• why childhood no longer seems to be a happy and carefree time

We need to listen because time and time again children tell us they just need someone to talk to before things go badly wrong.

I don’t know why Mr. Lewis was involved in a photo call (will I ever? probably not until the site posts something about it – I doubt I’ll get a response from him, ha ), but it sounds like a great organization to get involved with!

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