Tag: Barnardo’s

Boys and Girls unveils stark new Barnardos “LOST” campaign

Stuart Mitchell

“Children are precious. Yet as a society we are failing them. No child in Ireland should experience poverty, neglect or not have a home.This work is about getting people to stop and think about these issues and support Barnardos in changing these children’s lives.” That’s according to Laurence O’Byrne, Creative Director at award winning Dublin creative agency Boys and Girls  describing their new campaign for Barnardos, the children’s charity that transform children’s lives through their services; support parents; and challenge society where it fails children. The campaign launches Barnardos new organisation…

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Vast majority of parents worried by Facebook’s new Messenger Kids app ahead of its UK launch, research by Barnardo’s finds

Stuart Mitchell

Ninety per cent of parents online have concerns about their young children using Facebook’s new Messenger Kids service and more than half (51%) would not currently let their child use it, according to an online survey for Barnardo’s. The app, which is aimed at children under the age of 13, has been the subject of controversy in America where it is being trialled. Almost 100 US child health experts recently wrote to Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to raise concerns about its potential risks to children and calling for its…

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Barnardo’s launches new training for staff to support LGBT refugees fleeing oppression

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s is to offer new training for its frontline staff to help them better identify refugees fleeing oppression and discrimination due to their sexuality. The UK’s leading children’s charity is announcing the training initiative at the start of LGBT History Month which this year focuses on the theme of ‘Geography – Mapping the World’. Government figures estimate 5-7% of the population identifies as LGBT. With around 169,000 refugees and asylum seekers living in the UK, approximately 12,000 may identify as such. Many have fled their country of origin for fear…

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Barnardo’s becomes partner in development of a digital resource for care leavers

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s is partnering with the CareTech Foundation on a £1 million project to develop a ground-breaking digital resource to support young people leaving care. Such young people face a variety of challenges as they transition into adulthood, including feeling lonely and finding it hard to make a home for themselves. It is all too easy for them to become isolated and find difficulty accessing available opportunities. In partnership with the app developer FutureGov and with the support of the CareTech Foundation, Barnardo’s is developing a UK-wide innovative digital resource focused…

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Celebs share family and friend images to support Barnardo’s urgent foster carer appeal

Stuart Mitchell

A host of celebrities are backing a Barnardo’s campaign to highlight the importance of having someone to support you in aid of the charity’s urgent campaign to find thousands of foster carers to look after the UK’s most vulnerable children. Singer Paloma Faith, former TOWIE TV star Debbie Douglas and Lydia Bright, Cold Feet actress Fay Ripley, Love Island’s Marcel Somerville, Gogglebox vicar Kate Bottley and gold medallist sprinter Jamie Baulch are using #wesupportfostering to share personal images of their families and the people who have supported them through thick…

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