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NSPCC appoints new Director of Communications and Marketing

April 1, 2020March 28, 2020 Stuart Mitchell

The NSPCC has appointed David Hamilton as its new Director of Communications and Marketing. David, currently Director of Communications and Marketing at The Scout Association, is joining the leading children’s charity – fighting to prevent the abuse and neglect of children in the UK and Channel Islands. At Scouts, the largest co-educational youth organisation in the UK, he introduced an ambitious strategy to modernise the movement’s image and increase its reach, relevance and reputation. In 2018, he launched a new award-winning brand for the 113-year-old Movement, which has seen record…

NSPCC Children Director Listed On BAME100 Business Leaders Index 2019

October 14, 2019October 10, 2019 Stuart Mitchell

Sherry Malik, NSPCC’s Director of Children’s Services has been listed on Green Park’s fourth annual BAME 100 Business Leaders index, celebrating Britain’s black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) board level talent. Having spent over three decades working in the public, voluntary and private sector, Sherry has been working in her current role at the NSPCC since 2014, where she leads an ambitious programme that aims to bring more evidence of what works to prevent child abuse into the wider children’s sector. She was identified as one of the 100 BAME…

Child neglect most common reason for calls to NSPCC

December 18, 2018December 13, 2018 Stuart Mitchell

The NSPCC is contacted on average 55 times a day by adults worried about neglect, the charity’s latest figures reveal. The charity’s Helpline hears from concerned adults every day and night of the week with reports ranging from children being left unsupervised or with inadequate clothing, to being screamed at or living amongst mouldy food and animal faeces. To raise awareness of child neglect– the most common type of abuse affecting children in the UK – the NSPCC has launched its‘Light For Every Childhood’ Christmas Appeal. In 2017/18 the Helpline…

Child cruelty & neglect crime stats double

December 13, 2018December 9, 2018 Stuart Mitchell

Child cruelty and neglect offences in the UK have doubled over the last five years, the NSPCC has revealed. There were 16,939 child cruelty and neglect offences recorded by police in 2017/18, up from 7,965 in 2012/13. Reports to the police included extreme cases of when a parent or carer deliberately neglected, assaulted, abandoned or exposed their child to serious harm. To raise awareness of child neglect – the most common type of abuse affecting children in the UK – the NSPCC has launched its ‘Light For Every Childhood’ Christmas Appeal. On…