We’re the UK’s leading children’s charity. We’ve been looking out for children for over 130 years- and we couldn’t do it without you.
Around 90% of our funding comes from our supporters, helping us reach children across the UK.
Over the past months, as costs of living have risen, families have been under pressure. We know, from calls to Childline, that children are worried too.
Together, we can make sure that Childline counsellors are there to listen and help children through this crisis. Please donate today - and help us be here for children by donating through your pay.
Registered Charity No. England and Wales (216401), Scotland (SC037717) and Jersey (384)
Our Vision
A world of protection and opportunity for children living alone and at risk on the streets.
Railway Children is an international children's charity. We fight for vulnerable children who live alone at risk on the streets, where they suffer abuse and exploitation.
In the UK, society often denies their existence, and in other countries the problem is so prevalent that it has become 'normal'.
They run away or are forced to leave homes where they suffer poverty, violence, abuse and neglect. They find themselves living on the streets because there is nowhere else to go and no one left to turn to. The problems they face on the streets are often even worse than those they endured at home. Every day we fight to change their story.
Railway Children race to reach children as soon as they arrive on the streets and intervene before an abuser can. Our pioneering work enables us to get to street children before the streets get to them.
What if I change my mind?
Simply by completing a donation form, you can choose to support Railway Children, directly from your pay.