Childline facts

Every single day, thousands of children experience terrible abuse and suffer in silence. But with your help, we can put a stop to this. By making a donation today you can help us be there for more abused children

£4
Answers a child's call for help on ChildLine.

£25
Enables a trained practitioner to deliver one hour of support through the NSPCC helpline, to protect some of the most vulnerable children in society such as babies or toddlers who cannot call for themselves.

£42
Pays for a child who may have nowhere else to turn to receive confidential, one to one counselling through ChildLine, about an issue which is important to them.

£50
Pays for an hour of direct one to one support for a vulnerable child and their family. This includes the time it takes to prepare and write up the session.

"If a stranger was horrible to a child, the thing to do was run home and tell their mum or dad," says Rantzen. "But what if their parents were the ones hurting them, who did they tell then?

Bullying: 18%
Family tension: 13%
Physical abuse: 11%
Concern for others: 8%
Facts of life: 8%
Sexual abuse: 7%
Pregnancy: 5%
Health: 4%
the charity still relies on donations for 92% of its budget.

£2 a month could help answer even more calls to ChildLine. Last year we received 1.6 million contacts from vulnerable children.


"When children cannot get through, they feel even more alone and without hope," says Rantzen. "Our dream is to answer all the children the first time they ring."

Did you know that childline is so underfunded that 2000 calls every day go unanswered..that is totaly sh*t . Some of those calls are going to be the last call for help, plucking up courage, sneaking the call, and noone answers.

I like this last part, it's not a fact but I think it would be good to say that these calls could be someones last chance and they can't be answered. That is a really horrible thought and maybe people with think, gosh if I donate thats an extra call that can be answered.

I'm thinking of new facts to put onto my animation. The first one I said 'a report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds' this could stay the same but I might change it like ' last year childline received 1.6 million contacts from vulnerable children.

If someone hurts a child, they usually run home to their parents

But what if their parent is the one that is hurting them?

Childline can only answer so many calls

those calls could be a childs last cry for help.

Abused children live in fear.

Just £2 a month can help answer a childs last cry for help

Please help end their nightmares