Our vision, mission and values

Our vision, mission and values

Our vision

We see a world where every child enjoys a good childhood: a world where everyone accepts their responsibility for ensuring that children:

• Are valued and loved in caring relationships, surrounded by friends and family;
• Are respected and supported in communities that recognise all children for their unique and vital contribution;
• Are free to be children, encouraged to play, explore and use their imagination.

We see a world where children have a safe place when they need one, are allowed to learn from their mistakes and where no child feels excluded, isolated or abandoned.

Our mission

We make childhood better for all children in the UK.

Our direct action stops children feeling excluded, isolated and abandoned.

We challenge injustice and influence the thinking of everyone - from the general public to politicians and decision makers - about what needs to change to improve the lives of children.

We turn children's lives around, helping them to avoid crisis, overcome hardship and live their lives with hope, optimism and confidence.

Our values

Our Christian values drive the work of The Children's Society and our motivation for working with children and young people.

We understand our Christian mission in terms of changing the society in which we live so that it models the values of the re-ordered world of the Kingdom of God. These values are love, justice and forgiveness. The greatest of these is love.