WellChild supports children and young people across the UK who have serious long-term illness and exceptional health needs. Through all aspects of our work we provide practical support to give these children and young people the best possible chance to thrive at home with their family.
We achieve this through: specialist nurses to get children out of hospital and living at home; research to better equip healthcare professionals, parents and carers; connecting families via social media & support groups; online information for parents and carers; bedroom and garden transformations to enhance daily quality of life. Over 98.5% of our work depends on voluntary donations.
Registered Charity No. England and Wales 289600 Scotland SC045010
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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.
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Simply by completing a donation form, you can choose to support Railway Children, directly from your pay.
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