Tag: Barnardo’s

Barnardo’s ask UK schoolchildren to put their thinking caps on for Barnardo’s fundraising Hat Day!

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s is asking teachers, child carers, parents and pupils to sign up for Hat Day and wear a fun hat to raise money to support the UK’s most vulnerable children. The charity’s fundraising Hat Day celebrated on Friday 18 May, encourages children to wear or make a hat signifying who or what they would like to be or do when they grow up. It could be a firefighter, police officer, chef, astronaut, medic or sportsperson. There are no rules or limits to the imagination – they may want to be…

Read More

Fashionistas, hoarders and ‘wear-it-once offenders’ urged to spring clean their wardrobes and donate to Barnardo’s

Stuart Mitchell

Celebrities are urging ‘fashionistas’, ‘hoarders’ and ‘wear-it-once offenders’ to spring clean their wardrobes and donate any pre-loved or unworn clothes to Barnardo’s. Barnardo’s newest ambassadors Rebekah Vardy, star of ITV’s ‘I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here’ and Billie Faiers, star of ITVBe’s TOWIE and The Mummy Diaries, join  BBC Radio 1’s Adele Roberts to encourage a giant clear out in aid of the UK’s leading children’s charity. Before delving into their wardrobes on the hunt for items to donate, the celebrity trio took part in a special Barnardo’s quiz…

Read More

Celebrities to brave Borneo jungle challenge for Barnardo’s fundraising trek

Stuart Mitchell

A group of brave celebrities are ditching the glamour and pulling on walking boots to trek through Borneo’s jungle and climb its highest peak to raise vital funds for the UK’s leading children’s charity Barnardo’s. TV stars Made in Chelsea’s Sam Thompson and James Dunmore, TOWIE’s Lydia Bright, Astronomer Mark Thompson and presenter Helen Fospero are training hard in preparation for the fundraising challenge, which runs from May 12 until May 19. The trek won’t be a simple walk in the park; the group will be climbing nearly four times…

Read More

Jamie and Rebekah Vardy to become Barnardo’s first family celebrity ambassadors

Stuart Mitchell

England football ace Jamie Vardy and wife Rebekah Vardy of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here fame will become the first family ambassadors for the UK’s leading children’s charity, Barnardo’s. The couple, who have five children between them will back campaigns and events to highlight the charity’s vital work supporting thousands of vulnerable children throughout the UK each year. In being appointed Rebekah said: Jamie and I are really excited to support Barnardo’s. The work it does to help children across the UK is really important to us…

Read More

Innovative tool launched to help social workers detect FGM risk

Stuart Mitchell

The National FGM Centre has launched an innovative tool to help social workers assess if a girl is at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM). The online resource takes staff through the questions they should be asking families if they think FGM is a concern. And, based on the answers given to the 31 questions, the programme generates a risk level for each case and provides recommendations for the social worker about what action needs to be taken. Available for free on the centre’s website, the resource also includes best…

Read More