Tag: Barnardo’s

Hollywood Bowl Group Announce First National Charity Partnership With Barnardo’s

Stuart Mitchell

Hollywood Bowl Group and Barnardo’s are pleased to announce a new national partnership aimed at improving the lives of vulnerable children, young people and families. This will be the first partnership of its kind for Hollywood Bowl Group, which is the largest bowling entertainment operator in the UK.   Through a combination of activities ranging from fundraising to volunteering, Hollywood Bowl Group hopes to support crucial services in local communities across the country.  Barnardo’s Chief Executive Javed Khan said: “We’re delighted that Hollywood Bowl Group has chosen Barnardo’s as their first…

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Barnardo’s puts its frontline workers centre stage in new approach to direct response TV fundraising

Stuart Mitchell

A Barnardo’s project worker helping victims of child sexual abuse has a starring role in the charity’s new hard-hitting TV advert. The UK’s largest children’s charity has taken a new approach to its direct response TV fundraising campaign, putting a frontline worker centre stage in the advert which is airing throughout October. The ad features footage taken from a Skype call between Barnardo’s project worker Jo and creative agency Arthur. Barnardo’s Director of Fundraising Jennie York said: “It was intended to just be a research call to get some ideas…

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Barnardo’s uses CGI to highlight support services in hard-hitting TV ad campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Computer-generated hyenas symbolising the fear and anxiety felt by bullied children feature in a ground-breaking new Barnardo’s TV advert to be broadcast this evening. The advert, which highlights the charity’s mental health support services, aired for the first time on 3rd September on Channel 4. Depicting a 12-year-old girl feeling distressed and afraid when at school, walking home and in her home via her phone in her bedroom. Through the advert the audience can see that that, because of social media and with most children owning smartphones and other devices,…

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Remember a loved one this Father’s Day with Barnardo’s campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s is giving people the opportunity to make a dedication in memory of their loved ones this Father’s Day. The Barnardo’s Father’s Day campaign allows people to remember all father figures who have passed away by uploading a written tribute and photo onto a special dedication page and making a donation to the children’s charity in their memory. The campaign has already been supported by long-term fundraiser Simon Court from Tunbridge Wells whose father, Peter Court, was a Barnardo’s boy. Peter was born in 1922 and was in the Barnardo’s…

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Barnardo’s thanks their amazing volunteers

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s is marking the launch of Volunteers’ Week by celebrating its army of kind-hearted individuals, who donate their time to help the charity support thousands of vulnerable children and young people. People volunteer for the UK’s leading children’s charity in a number of ways, from volunteering in retail shops, with Children’s Services or assisting with fundraising efforts. This Volunteers Week, Barnardo’s is highlighting the fantastic level of support in its shops and the amazing volunteers who help to keep them running so successfully and smoothly. One example is the charity’s…

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