Jo Green

Director of Communications and Strategy and Co-Founder

Jo is a co-founder of the Centre for Young Lives and is the Centre’s Director of Communications and Strategy. He has been working in communications, politics, and journalism since the mid-1990s, and is a former Head of News for the Office of the Children’s Commissioner, and a former Head of Press and Broadcasting for the Labour Party. Jo is parent to a teenage daughter.

Articles by

Jo

What does the Budget mean for children and young people?

Module 8 of the Covid Inquiry has confirmed children were an afterthought for the Government and shown why children need new rights and an apology

The Centre for Young Lives is One

This week we celebrate the first anniversary of the Centre for Young Lives. We’ve come a long way, very quickly, and we’ve never been more convinced that founding the Centre was the right decision.

Time for Government to put more flesh on the bones of its opportunity mission for children

Where was the long-term plan for children and families in the Budget?

Our Director of Communications and Strategy Jo Green takes a look at this week’s Budget.

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Geethika Jayatilaka

Associate

Anna Heuschkel

Policy Researcher

Rachael Powell

Policy and Public Affairs Assistant

Jonathan Hopkins

Associate

Jo Green

Director of Communications and Strategy and Co-Founder

Jo is a co-founder of the Centre for Young Lives and is the Centre’s Director of Communications and Strategy. He has been working in communications, politics, and journalism since the mid-1990s, and is a former Head of News for the Office of the Children’s Commissioner, and a former Head of Press and Broadcasting for the Labour Party. Jo is parent to a teenage daughter.

Articles by

Jo

What does the Budget mean for children and young people?

November 30, 2025

Module 8 of the Covid Inquiry has confirmed children were an afterthought for the Government and shown why children need new rights and an apology

October 27, 2025

Time for Government to put more flesh on the bones of its opportunity mission for children

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Tom Bridges

Director, Arup

Laura Henry-Allain MBE

Educationalist, storyteller, producer and consultant

Martin Allen Morales

CEO, Institute of Imagination

Dr Naomi Lott

Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Law | Deputy Director of Careers (International), School of Law, University of Reading

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