UsforThem

About

We believe that children must be placed front and centre in all decisions impacting them.

The wellbeing of children should be a guiding principle of public policy making.

Children should be given the best start in life.

Our Mission

#ChildrenFirst

School closures and lockdown restrictions have disproportionately burdened harms onto children and young people. As a society, they must now be made our priority.

#NoMasksInClass

We are calling on Government to either publish the new evidence which shows this intervention is necessary and has been properly evaluated for potential harms, or to reverse it.

Our First Campaign #REOPENSCHOOLS

We launched in May 2020 in response to the first wave of closures of schools across the UK, a decision which has had a devastating impact on children. Our first campaign was successful – schools are now fully open to all pupils once again.

We’re all only too aware of the sacrifices made by our children over the last year. With the support of amazing people, UsforThem has been able to give national profile to the importance of prioritising children’s wellbeing and education. One of our greatest concerns has been the physical and psychological harm caused by masks.

We’re asking everyone to send a handwritten postcard/note to Boris ideally from each of your children – about their feelings/experience around wearing a mask or being surrounded by masks (so can be all ages).

The recommendation for children to wear masks in lessons does not seem to be based on any scientific evidence, fails to recognise the new realities of us having offered the vaccine to the most vulnerable groups, appears to have been introduced without evaluation of potential harms, and significantly undermines the “national priority” of ensuring British schoolchildren have the chance to recover from extended educational disruption.

Pledge your support for our pre-action letter and download one of our supporter cards.