Tag: Barnardo’s

Barnardo’s receives its largest donation in the charity’s history

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s is celebrating a historic milestone – the largest single donation in the charity’s history. The £18 million gift from the Katherine Martin Charitable Trust will fully fund the rest of the Barnardo’s Gap Homes programme, creating 50 homes across the UK, as well as an ongoing fund to support vital services in the North of England.   This transformational gift builds on Katherine Martin’s extraordinary life and legacy. Katherine defied societal norms as a trailblazer in the 1920s. She was a successful businesswoman, a pioneering racing driver, and a key…

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Barnardo’s Urges People To Consider Fostering

Stuart Mitchell

More than 100 years of families opening up their homes and hearts to children across the country is being celebrated this week as Barnardo’s opens its archives to reveal the history of fostering. The leading children’s charity, which has run fostering services since the Victorian era, hopes sharing these historic images will show the incredible impact that fostering can have – and encourage more people to consider fostering at a time when the system is in crisis. The images include a family in 1964 enjoying a meal together, and children…

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Barnardo’s opens its archives to reveal the history of fostering in the UK amidst national crisis

Stuart Mitchell

More than a hundred years of families opening up their homes and hearts to children across the UK are being celebrated this week, as Barnardo’s opens its archives to reveal the history of fostering in the UK amidst national crisis.  The charity, which has run fostering services since the Victorian era, hopes sharing these historic images will show the incredible impact that fostering can have – and encourage more people to consider fostering at a time when the system is in crisis.    Brenda Farrell, UK Director of Fostering and…

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Barnardo’s Issues Plea For New Adopters In Scotland As Register Reveals 20% Fall In Numbers

Stuart Mitchell

The country’s leading children’s charity is today issuing a plea for more people to consider adoption after figures revealed that the number of adopters on the national register had dropped by almost 20% in the space of a year. Ahead of last month’s Adoption Week, Barnardo’s Scotland has pointed to Scottish Adoption Register (SAR) figures that show the number of registered adopters has fallen from 209 at the end of March 2023 to 169 on the corresponding date this year. That is a decrease of 19%. What’s more, in the…

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1 in 4 young people struggle to access healthy food choices in their communities

Stuart Mitchell

A new report has laid bare the significant challenges that children and young people face in finding and affording nutritious food outside of traditional home or school environments. Almost a quarter of young people (23%) say they struggle to access healthy food choices in their community. Over 45,000 young people shared their views for a new report from Co-op and Barnardo’s which reveals how young people are struggling to find and afford nutritious food outside of home or school. Co-op and Barnardo’s will present the report and urgent recommendations to…

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