There's no substitute for expertise on the ground. Whatever your background in working with children and young people, we'll rely on you to ensure innovative practice in our many different projects around the country, in our four main areas of work.
Refugee children facing exclusion
War, persecution and torture force many children to flee on their own to this country.
Frightened and having lost everything, the last thing refugee children want is to be turned away. We help them find accomodation. We help them with language barriers. We help them into eduction. We help them rebuild their lives in new communities, surrounded and supported by friends. And we campaign to ensure that society and government provides the protection and security that it offers other children, with out discrimination.
Runaway children at risk on the streets
Neglect, abuse and isolation can sometimes make home so unbearable that the only solution is to run away.
Every year 100,000 children run away from home and many are so desperate that they resort to begging, stealing or prostitution to survive. We meet these children at their point of greatest need, exploring and understanding why they have run away, and helping them find solutions to the problems they face. And we campaign for the Government and local authorities to provide services and somewhere safe for runaways.
Children in trouble with the law
Bullying, violence and deprivation - exposed to terrors like these, it's not surprising that some children are driven to crime.
We seek lasting solutions to the reasons behind the statistics, providing preventative support and guidance that leads children away from the cycle of crime and custody. We help individual children in the criminal justice system. We reconcile victims with offenders. And we campaign for society to accept its responsibility to see that young offenders are not hardened criminals and that they retain the right to be treated like children.
Disabled children without a voice
Exclusion, ignorance and disrespect mean that many disabled children are allowed little control over their own lives.
The ability to control our own lives is something most of us take for granted. But many disabled children are denied this opportunity. Disabled children placed away from home are four times more likely to be physically or sexually abused. We ensure that individual disabled children are given a voice in the decisions that affect them, now and in the future. And we campaign for government and society to recognise that all disabled children have a right to be heard and do not suffer injustice in silence.
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Copyrite - Hazel Thompson
