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.

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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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Lucy Evans

Policy and Public Affairs Officer

Baroness Anne Longfield

Chair and Founder

Haroon Chowdry

Chief Executive

Katie Barron

Head of Social Innovation and Systems Change

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

Kadra Abdinasir

Associate Director for Policy, Centre for Mental Health

Ingrid Skeels

Co-founder, Playing Out

Prof. Helen Dodd

Professor of Child Psychology, University of Exeter Medical School