Tag: NSPCC

NSPCC Children Director Listed On BAME100 Business Leaders Index 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…

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Child neglect most common reason for calls to NSPCC

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…

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Child cruelty & neglect crime stats double

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…

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New NSPCC TV advert highlights how one in five children have experienced abuse and neglect

Stuart Mitchell

A nationwide television advertising campaign has been launched today by children’s charity NSPCC highlighting how one in five children in the UK have experienced abuse and neglect. The campaign ‘Everyday’ showcases the wide-variety of services the charity provides to hundreds of children every day to support their recovery from abuse; and to help prevent it from happening in the first place. The TV advert features real NSPCC staff and volunteers filmed in the service centres and locations where they work with children and families. , Every Day There is a…

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Stormtrooper helmet to be auctioned off for the NSPCC

Stuart Mitchell

A helmet from a Stormtrooper costume used in Star Wars: The Last Jedi is to be auctioned off for the NSPCC. Donated by Lucasfilm, via costume designer Michael Kaplin, the helmet is packaged with a letter of authenticity on studio headed paper and an image of Kaplin signing the underside of the helmet. The lot is estimated to fetch between £30,000 -£50,000 when it goes under the hammer  at the Prop Store’s Entertainment Memorabilia Auction  from 12pm on Thursday 20th September at the BFI London Imax. All hammer proceeds from…

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