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Join HPIG and membership

HPIG membership is open to organisations whose priority is improving the health of babies, children and/or young people.

Our membership is diverse and includes charities, Royal Colleges, and other organisations working on children’s health.

We welcome new members who share our goal and can support our collective expertise and understanding of what a good health system for babies, children and young people would look like.

All members of HPIG are equal and the collective power of our work is maximised through the diverse range, size and focus of the organisations who are members.

Get involved

If you would like to join HPIG please reach out to us. We would be happy to have an initial conversation with you about how we could work together. Please email [email protected]

Members of HPIG abide by the Terms of Reference set out in our Governance page.

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HPIG Membership 2026

Members

  1. 4in10
  2. Academy of Medical Sciences
  3. Agenda Alliance
  4. Alder Hey Children's Charity
  5. Alstrom Syndrome UK
  6. Ambitious about Autism
  7. Anne Pinney - independent researcher, policy adviser & data champion
  8. Association for Young People's Health
  9. Barnardo's
  10. BeeWell Programme
  11. Best Beginnings
  12. Better Breastfeeding
  13. Body & Soul
  14. British Academy of Childhood Disability
  15. British Association for Community Child Health
  16. British Association of Educational Audiologists (BAEA)
  17. British Association of Social Workers
  18. British Psychological Society
  19. British Society of Paediatric Dentistry
  20. Carers Trust
  21. Challenging Behaviour Foundation
  22. Change Grow Live
  23. Childhood Bereavement Network
  24. Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition
  25. Children's Alliance
  26. Children's Hearts UK
  27. Children's Hospital Alliance
  28. Contact
  29. CoramBAAF
  30. Cystic Fibrosis Trust
  31. Diabetes UK
  32. Disabled Children's Partnership
  33. Down's Syndrome Association
  34. EasyPeasy
  35. Epilepsy Action
  36. ERIC: The Children's Bowel and Bladder Charity
  37. Family Action
  38. Family Fund
  39. Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
  40. Harry's Hydrocephalus Awareness Trust (Harry’s HAT)
  41. HENRY
  42. Home-Start UK
  43. Ingrid Wolfe, Consultant in Child Public Health
  44. Institute of Health Visiting
  45. King's College Hospital
  46. Mando Watson, Co-founder of Connecting Care for Children
  47. National Academy for Social Prescribing
  48. National Deaf Children's Society
  49. National i-THRIVE Team
  50. NNPCF
  51. NSPCC
  52. Newlife, The Charity for Disabled Children
  53. Nuffield Trust
  54. Our Time
  55. Parent-Infant Foundation
  56. Rainbow Trust
  57. Rare Autoinflammatory Conditions Community UK
  58. Royal College of Nursing
  59. Royal College of Occupational Therapists
  60. Royal College of Ophthalmologists
  61. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
  62. Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
  63. School and Public Health Nurses Association
  64. SignHealth
  65. Society of Radiographers
  66. Sophie's Legacy
  67. Speech and Language UK
  68. Starlight Children's Charity
  69. The Association of Safeguarding Partners
  70. The Challenging Behaviour Foundation
  71. The Children's Society
  72. The Deaf Health Charity: Sign Health
  73. The For Baby's Sake Trust
  74. The Health Foundation
  75. The King's Fund
  76. Together for Short Lives
  77. UNICEF UK
  78. University of Cambridge
  79. Versus Arthritis
  80. Voluntary Organisations Disability Group
  81. Young Epilepsy
  82. Young Lives vs Cancer
  83. Youth Sport Trust

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