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Latest News
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London Independent Visitors have just reached their target of £549 for Two new bikes for young people in care! Thankyou for your support! (19 hours, 11 secs ago)
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A supporter has just donated £208.98 to Two new bikes for young people in care (1 day, 4 hours, 52 mins, 49 secs ago)
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Wells-next-the-sea Children's Centre just uploaded the new project Webster Stratton courses (parenting course) (1 day, 12 hours, 34 mins, 15 secs ago)
A Webster Stratton manual (a recognised parenting course) in order for us to run Webster Stratton courses to families most in need of intervention and support. Read more »
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A supporter has just donated £10.00 to Art materials. Our vulnerable children need some colour and fun in their lives. (3 days, 7 hours, 28 mins, 19 secs ago)
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A supporter has just donated £10.00 to Postal club. There's nothing quite like getting a letter from a friend. (3 days, 7 hours, 28 mins, 19 secs ago)
Featured projects
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Virtual Babies plus related computer programmes
An educational virtual baby project will support over 100 young people in the Weymouth and Portland area and is part of our commitment to support and educate young parents and parents to be. Read more »
£0.00 raised
£1,646.00 to go
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Goody bags – essential items and information for vulnerable local families
We’d like to provide the families we support with “goody bags” full of essential items such as books to read to their children, feeding cups, toothpaste and toothbrushes, as well plug covers and room thermometers to help them keep their home safe for their children. The bags will also contain useful information and advice to help parents give their children the best possible start in life. This money will help us to provide goody bags for around 75 local families. Read more »
£110.00 raised
£548.80 to go
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Food for our young carers groups
We hold weekly respite groups for young carers in the local area, and would love to be able to give them an evening meal at each session. This money will enable us to give 12 young carers a meal per session for 48 weeks. Read more »
£279.16 raised
£985.74 to go
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Musical instruments for local children
We’d like to buy outdoor music and equipment, such as wall panels, steel pan, percussion post or cow bells, so the children who visit us can have fun outside! Read more »
£174.00 raised
£385.00 to go
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Sensory plants for our garden - give local children the chance to play outside and have fun!
We’d love to fill our front garden with sensory plants for our children to enjoy. This is part of our plan to build a sensory area in our garden. Somewhere where the children can experience the outdoors through all five senses - seeing, smelling, touching, hearing and tasting. Read more »
£10.00 raised
£846.44 to go
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A Storytelling Chair to help our children discover the magic of reading!
We’ve recently bought a Storytelling Chair for the outdoor play area of one of our sites in the Ballymena area, but we’d love to buy one for the children who visit our other site as well. Read more »
£0.00 raised
£1,297.83 to go
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Music. Let’s fill our playground with bangs and crashes!
We’d like to build an outdoor percussion area in our garden so all our local children can enjoy a totally new and exciting (and loud!) experience. Read more »
£365.70 raised
£402.90 to go
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Days out. We’d like to give our city kids some outdoor adventure.
We’d love to be able to take some of the local families who use our centre to the Sycamore adventure centre in Dudley. Read more »
£200.00 raised
£140.38 to go
What we've achieved so far
170
projects have been successfully funded so far. Thank you!
1,577
gifts have been given across the UK through My Action for Children.