Blog

Cost of Living - The Impact

04th July 2022

Sam Craven, Make Lunch Programme Development Lead at TLG, delves deeper into the impact the rising cost of living will have on children. Unfortunately, the cost of living crisis is affecting more than just finances. Many children face devastating struggles as a result, including emotional turmoil and impacted opportunities. How can TLG Make Lunch reach these children?

Transforming Lives for Good

TLG is a Christian children’s charity who is passionate about seeing struggling children find hope in the face of adversity. TLG offers a practical approach to build strong connections between local churches, families and schools.

Crisis as children go hungry

10th June 2022

TLG is deeply disturbed to see new figures released by the government yesterday that the number of children eligible for free school meals has risen sharply to almost 1.9 million, an increase of almost a third since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Transforming Lives for Good

Reading4Life: A TLG Future Builder!

08th June 2022

Everyone wants to know that their workplace is committed to making a positive impact, and our Future Builders community is a great way for businesses of any size to do so by contributing to the educational, practical and emotional needs of children and families who are in desperate need of support. Paul Rowbotham from the brilliant Reading4Life organisation, who are one of our Future Builders, shares here about who Reading4Life are and why they chose to support TLG.

Paul Rowbotham

Paul is the founder of Reading4Life, a project to help young people understand their frustrations, anxieties and feelings in a rich and meaningful way. Reading4Life is part of our TLG Future Builders community, supporting our work as we aim to reach more struggling children across the UK.

Thank you, London Diocese!

20th April 2022

A generous donation from the London Diocese is helping us to reach children and see lives transformed for good!

Transforming Lives for Good

A Day in the Life - North Birmingham Education Centre

17th March 2022

Join Headteacher James and the Birmingham team as they take us through their day, from before the students arrive to after they have gone home. Each day looks a little different, but at the heart of every day is an ongoing resolve to transform the lives of children struggling in school, so that they find hope for their future.

James Birchenough

James is the Headteacher at one of TLG's Education Centres. He is married with 2 young children. He began his teaching career as a primary school teacher in Stoke-on-Trent and has been at TLG since 2016!

Rae speaks to Mark and Lindsay Melluish

24th February 2022

Our Head of Therapeutic Practice, Rae Morfin, spoke to Mark and Linsday Melluish, who were part of the leadership team at New Wine, about the emotional wellbeing crisis and what churches can do to help.

Rachel Morfin

With twenty years’ experience working with children in both church and school situations, Rachel has pioneered and now heads up TLG’s Early Intervention programme supporting children struggling in mainstream primary and secondary schools. Oh, and she’s got three teenagers of her own at home!

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