Barnardo’s combats child sexual exploitation with help from People’s Postcode Lottery

Players of People’s Postcode Lottery have raised more than half a billion pounds for good causes helping charities like Barnardo’s provide vital services. The children’s charity has received over £3million in funding thanks to players of the lottery since 2018. This has allowed them to support thousands of children and young people throughout England, Wales and Scotland transition out of care, increase their mental health resilience and recover from child sexual abuse. One of the projects People’s Postcode Lottery has helped fund is RISE (Reducing the Impact of Sexual Exploitation)…

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Month of March sees Childline being funded entirely by the players of People’s Postcode Lottery

Players of People’s Postcode Lottery are giving around £30,000 a day to fund Childline throughout the month of March – the first time this has ever happened. During this month the free and confidential helpline will deliver an estimated 25,000 counselling sessions to children and teenagers struggling with a variety of issues, including physical, sexual and emotional abuse, mental health problems and bullying.  Since the partnership between the NSPCC and the People’s Postcode Lottery launched at the start of 2019 their players have helped raise over £1million for the charity,…

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People’s Postcode Lottery Players to transform the lives of vulnerable children with boost of more than £1million

Vital Barnardo’s services which help more than 300,000 vulnerable children will get a £1,027,745 injection thanks to the players of the People’s Postcode Lottery. The money raised by players of October’s draw, will help fund the charity’s crucial mental health, care leaver and child sexual exploitation services in England, Wales and Scotland. Louise Parkes, Corporate Director of Income and Innovation at Barnardo’s, said: This fantastic cash boost raised by the players of People’s Postcode Lottery is going to change the lives of many children for the better. It will help…

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£20 million investment to help tackle loneliness

Charities and community groups will get £20 million of new funding to help isolated people and those suffering from loneliness, Prime Minister Theresa May has said. The funding will go to support and expand programmes that bring people together and are proving to benefit communities. This includes a new £11 million ‘Building Connections Fund’ that will be distributed to successful applicants that can help bring communities together. This will help make the most of local spaces, opening them up for community use, as well as help businesses and local services…

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