tailieunhanh - Healthy futures for children and young people through an Energy Bill Revolution

The day before the Conference, Dr Gordon Harper accompanied by officers of BACAMH visited the Center for Neurodevelopment and Autism, which had been established recently in BSMMU. This center is a government initiative to establish a nationwide pediatric neurodevelopment and autism-related management, training and research centre in Bangladesh. Dr Harper expressed his satisfaction after visiting the center. As autism is still a novel concept in Bangladesh, he believed that both this center and BACAMH could achieve a better management and outcome for children and their parents. Dr Harper also made a short visit to the “Autism Welfare Center” run by Dr Rownak Hafiz; again he felt satisfied and expressed his gratitude towards these centers who are working hard. | Fuel Poverty and Child Health and Wellbeing Healthy futures for children and young people through an Energy Bill Revolution Energy Bill o REVOLUTION www. ncb. June 2012 Introduction With gas and oil prices set to rise again next winter even more families will suffer financial hardship as they struggle to keep their homes warm and protect their children s health. The most cost effective way to help families cut their energy bills and bring people out of fuel poverty is to improve the energy efficiency of their homes. This is why the National Children s Bureau NCB is supporting the Energy Bill Revolution campaign calling on government to use the money it gets from carbon taxes to make homes warmer and cut energy bills for children and their families. NCB is working with children and young people to ensure the voices stories and views of children and young people are heard clearly throughout this campaign. I joined the Energy Bill Revolution campaign because I wanted to make a difference and I believe no-one should live in fuel poverty - especially in a rich country like Britain . Kiran 14 NCB Young Fuel Poverty Champion What prompted me to get behind the Energy Bill Revolution campaign is when I heard that children are living in cold and damp environments and are catching illnesses and diseases which are making them have time off school . Mariyam 12 NCB Young Fuel Poverty Champion Fuel poverty According to the World Health Organisation an adequate standard of heating in the home is 21 C in living areas and 18 C in bedrooms. A family is considered fuel poor if they need to spend more than 10 per cent of their income to meet that standard and keep their home warm. How many families are fuel poor In 2011 million households in the United Kingdom were fuel poor of which over one million are families with children under 16. Certain groups of children are more likely to be affected by fuel poverty and therefore more likely to live in a cold or damp home. Over a .