The
work of five of the UK's largest and most significant children's
charities is summarised below. These
charities work
tirelessly to improve the lives of children at home
and abroad. The charity links
provide more information and can be used to make
online donations if you wish to do so. Thank you for your interest in helping
a child today.
Just 50p a day can
transform a child’s life and give a child in poverty the opportunity to
receive the education, clean water and health care they urgently need. ActionAid works hard with communities so
that they can overcome the numerous problems that they face.
HELP CHILDREN IN DISTRESS
(Childline is part of the NSPCC)
Childline
ChildLine, the
confidential
helpline for children, aims to
provide a secure space for children in distress or at risk of abuse,
and who have no one to turn to. The service gives support and
counselling to children, advice on how they can make choices to change
their lives, and takes action to protect children at serious risk. With your help, they can
extend
our reach to even more children.
Every day, 4500 children call and yet only 2500 get through to someone
who can help. You can help them achieve their targets.
The NSPCC
exists
to change our society and bring about an end to cruelty to children.
Their vision is to help create an environment where all children are
valued and able to fulfil their potential. To this end, they seek to
protect abused children and those at risk of abuse and develop
programmes of action to help rescue and protect vulnerable children.
As the UK's leading
children's cancer charity, CLIC Sargent is the only organisation to
offer families all round care and support. They provide support during
treatment, providing specialist nurses, doctors and play specialists.
They also offer specialist social care & family support in the
community during and after treatment, helping cancer survivors
and supporting those bereaved by cancer. They provide funding for
ongoing research
Shelter is the UK's
leading housing and homelessness charity. Shelter's vision is that
everyone should have a home. Each year Shelter helps over 170,000
people. They do this by providing vital advice through their free
housing helpline, their national network of Housing Aid Centres and
specific locally tailored projects. Shelter also campaigns for fairer
legislation and better housing policies in order to address the root
causes of homelessness and bad housing. They rely on voluntary
donations in order to be able to continue their services, and regular
monthly direct debits from members of the public provide the backbone
of their funding.
The
need for Shelter's services is huge:
One in seven
children in Britain lives in overcrowded, dilapidated or temporary
accommodation.
Children living in
bad housing are almost twice as likely to suffer from poor health.
They are also more
likely to miss school, be unhappy and run away from home.
When
these children grow up, they are more likely to develop long term
illnesses, to be out of work or on low pay, and to suffer from
depression. 1.9 million households in Britain are on the waiting list
for a council home. Nearly 75,000 homeless households in England alone
are stuck in temporary accommodation
Thats
why Shelter has launched their campaign to raise funds for their wide
range of services and projects. They are hoping that this
initiative will provide a long-term source of support, by educating and
inspiring members of the public and showing them that a few pounds a
month can make huge differences to the lives of families who are facing
homelessness or enduring bad housing.
