Tag: NSPCC

Clarion Housing Group announces new partnership with the NSPCC

Stuart Mitchell

Clarion Housing Group, the UK’s largest social landlord, has announced a new three-year corporate partnership with the NSPCC. The announcement comes as the NSPCC marks Childhood Day on 7 June, which aims to bring people together to have fun and help keep children safe. In the first year of the partnership, Clarion aims to raise £100,000 to support the NSPCC’s Building Connections online service for young people, which empowers them to find a way through loneliness. Through an 11-week programme, young people up to the age of 19 work with…

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One in five adults did not act when concerned about a child being abused or neglected

Stuart Mitchell

Almost a third of UK adults (30%) have had concerns that made them think a child may be experiencing abuse or neglect. A You Gov survey of 3,999 adults, commissioned by the NSPCC, also reveals that one in five adults who have had a concern did not take any action. Survey results show that the main barriers that prevented people from acting are: 38% said they weren’t sure what was happening was abuse. 37% said they couldn’t prove it. 32% said they were worried they had got it wrong. 29%…

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Newsquest announces £6 million support for NSPCC in anniversary year

Stuart Mitchell

Newsquest has announced a major partnership with the NSPCC worth more than £6 million to support the children’s charity’s work across the UK. From January and throughout 2024, the leading regional news publisher will join forces with national child protection charity NSPCC in its 140th anniversary year. As part of the partnership, Newsquest is gifting at least £6m worth of advertising to the charity across its extensive portfolio of titles, online and in print. Henry Faure Walker, Newsquest CEO, said: “The work of the NSPCC and in particular Childline is…

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Last December was loneliest month for children contacting Childline

Stuart Mitchell

The NSPCC run service Childline can reveal counselling sessions about loneliness peaked over the festive period last year, with the service delivering a record number of nearly 600 in December alone. From April 2020 to March 2021 there were 6,039 counselling sessions about loneliness, marking an all-time high for a single year. This is an increase of nearly half (49%) over the past four years. The NSPCC has long highlighted that many children and young people struggle with loneliness and isolation. The data released today suggests that these feelings were…

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NSPCC appoints first-ever Chief Technology Officer

Stuart Mitchell

The NSPCC has appointed Greig Sharman as its first-ever Chief Technology Officer. Greig joins the NSPCC from the University of Leeds, having previously been their IT Executive and Deputy Director of Information Technology. Greig will ensure modern digital capabilities are woven into the organisation’s future strategy and that the charity makes best use of emerging technologies. With a broad remit to deliver programmes, initiatives and platforms that support the charity’s ambitious targets, the new Technology Directorate is critical to help drive success and scale the organisation to meet the increasing…

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