Activities
The NSPCC lobbies the government on issues relating to child welfare, and creates campaigns for the general public, with the intention of raising awareness of child protection issues. It also operates both the NSPCC Helpline, offering support to anyone concerned about a child, and ChildLine offering support to children themselves. Childline became a part of the NSPCC in 2006. In addition to the telephone helplines, NSPCC provides an online counselling service for children & young people at www.Childline.org.uk
The charity also runs local services. These offer general family support, as well as more specific services such as working with families with alcohol problems.
In 2009, as part of its new organisational strategy, the NSPCC launched its Child Protection Consultancy service. This provides training, consultancy and learning resources to organisations that have contact with children, ranging from schools to sporting bodies. Through the work of its Child Protection Consultancy, the NSPCC aims to make organisations safer for children and thereby prevent cruelty to children.
As well as its main web site, the NSPCC provides a specialist web site for professionals called NSPCC inform.
Read more about this topic: National Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Children
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