NEW POLL REVEALS 80% OF PARENTS ARE CONCERNED AT LACK OF SUPPORT FOR LOCAL CHILDREN, BUT MOST DON’T KNOW HOW BEST TO HELP
In a first for a UK children’s charity, Action for Children today launches my.actionforchildren.org.uk, a new website that gives the choice of thousands of practical ways to help local children.
The launch coincides with the publication of a ComRes poll(1) commissioned by the charity (full regional breakdown available). It shows
They welcome a new way to help locally
Action for Children has designed a simple way for you to choose when, who and how you help. Log on to my.actionforchildren.org.uk, put in your postcode and decide where to help. You can contribute as little as £2 to football kit or dancing lessons for young carers, or more towards a minibus or washing machine to help disabled children.
Celebrity supporters such as Jessica Hynes, Dakota Blue Richards, Frank Lampard, Ozzy Osbourne, Vanilla Ice and Dame Judi Dench are lending their support to this new way to give children what they need.
Duncan Bannatyne who is fronting the my.actionforchildren.org advertising campaign “I’ve had some lucky breaks in my life. I look at my kids and think, thank goodness I’m in a position to help you. This isn’t the case for thousands of other bright, funny, ambitious children who need a leg up. I think that my.actionforchildren.org.uk is a great idea to help vulnerable children in our communities who really need it.”
Dame Clare Tickell, chief executive of Action for Children "Like most good ideas, my.actionforchildren.org.uk is very simple. Our staff work in 460 projects across the country and they know the specific things that will make a real difference locally. Anyone can log on and choose to give local children something that many, luckier, children take for granted.”
It is very simple