Helping people understand that they can make a difference
We rely on the support of the general public for 85 per cent of our funding - without your support we would have to close our services within six months.
Below are some facts and figures about our services:
- More than 25,000 headteachers and teachers received NSPCC child protection awareness packs to help them identify signs of abuse.
- Your Family, the NSPCC's parenting magazine, is available in over 200 Early Learning Centre (ELC) stores nationwide, reaching a potential audience of 3.4 million adults per issue.
- The NSPCC has over 180 teams and projects in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. Last year they helped more than 15,133 children and families.
- In 2006 The NSPCC helplines received 121,022 calls and about 8,000 emails regarding the welfare of a child.
- The NSPCC Child Protection Helpline receives 330 calls every day on average. Every day 90 of these calls are about children at serious risk of abuse.
- The family support services gave support to 921 children who had suffered from abuse in 2006/07.
- The Young Witness Services helped 688 children through court in 2006/07, giving them the confidence to share their stories and bring offenders to justice.
- The domestic violence teams helped and supported 1,760 children in 2006/07.
- The Young Peoples Centres helped 564 children overcome the effects of abuse in 2006/07.
- The Schools team helped 2,408 children who were frightened or unhappy in 2006/07.
- The Treatment and Therapeutic teams saw 2,428 children, helping them come to terms with the damaging emotional harm caused by abuse in 2006/07.
