Tag: Barnardo’s

Barnardo’s Announces New Project Supporting Families Seeking Sanctuary In Scotland

Stuart Mitchell

Coinciding with Refugee Week 2025 and its theme, ‘Community as a Superpower’, children’s charity Barnardo’s proudly announces the launch of the Ubuntu project – a service to support refugee and asylum-seeking families to build vital connections and to thrive within their new communities. Barnardo’s will receive £4.5m over four years from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest community funder in the UK, for Ubuntu which embodies the spirit of shared humanity and collective resilience that Refugee Week celebrates. The funding will support local communities and develop a regional support…

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1 in 3 young people have fears about their future daily – Co-op and Barnardo’s step up support

Stuart Mitchell

Fears about the future have become part of daily life for more than 1 in 3 (36%) young people across the UK, according to new research* from Co-op and Barnardo’s.  Over 2,000 people aged 10-25 were asked about their hopes and ambitions.* Just 30% said they believe they will achieve their dream job, while more than a quarter (29%) don’t feel positive about their future at all.   Brodey, 19, from Middlesborough, described how easy it is to lose hope:  “People don’t want to better themselves, because they think it’s impossible, or that…

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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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