Children In Need

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Children In Need
Our Citizenship Project
By Hayley Smith Bernice Quaife 10F
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Whats It All About?

• Children in Need is an annual charity appeal
  organized by the BBC. Each year since 1979, the
  BBC has set aside one evening of programming on
  its flagship television channel, BBC One, to show
  events aimed at raising money for charities
  working with children in the UK.

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Areas Children In Need Covers

• Children In need covers many different areas of
  child neglect. They are
• Substance Abuse
• Child Prostitution
• Bullying
• Sexual Abuse
• Illness HIV/AIDS
• Homelessness
• Disability
• Self Harm

• Every single penny that you donate finds its way
  to a charity or project that works to improve the
  lives of children and young people throughout the
  UK.

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Where your Donation Goes!

• 85 could pay for one 'household starter pack'
  for a homeless 16-year-old attempting to escape
  life on the streets
• 75 could pay for a specialist hospice nurse to
  look after children with cancer for a day
• 17 could pay for one therapy session for a
  sexually-abused child or teenager
• 15 could pay for one counselling session for a
  child affected by violence at home
• 5 could pay for a Christmas present for a child
  from a homeless family
• 4.99 could pay for a set of toy cars for a group
  of children infected by HIV or AIDS

• A number of the organisations to whom we give
  money aim to change the direction of young
  peoples lives in noticeable, long-lasting, and
  practical ways.
• Even the smallest donation is vital
• 260 could pay for one course teaching
  'independence skills' to children with severe
  physical disabilities
• 250 could pay for two underprivileged children
  to attend a holiday club while their mother
  receives treatment for a life-threatening medical
  condition

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Who It Helps?

• Your donation helps thousands of children at
  different ages and different stages of their
  lives.
• Steven, aged 14, was sexually abused from the age
  of 4 by his grandmothers boyfriend, he also has
  Cerebral Palsy.
• About six months ago Steven started seeing a
  counsellor from MOSAC. The local Cerebral Palsy
  provided a talking computer, which Steven uses
  to communicate.
• Within the last six months Steven has now been
  able to communicate with his counsellor, and has
  to begun to open up and express his thoughts and
  feelings.
• Without the funding from Children In Need, Steven
  wouldnt have been able to have a counsellor and
  be able to talk about what happened to him and
  what he experienced.
• Stevens counsellor said Before he had this
  facility, Steven was lonely and isolated and
  couldnt talk about the sexual abuse he
  experienced. Now theres such a big difference in
  him hes a much happier and outgoing boy.

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Maria, aged 15 "My father has been addicted to
drugs and alcohol my whole life. Whenever I was
with him he was always under the influence of
something. I worried all the time and I also felt
angry, guilty and resentful about all the stuff I
had to deal with. So I started hurting myself,
which I guess was my way of expressing these
emotions. "My dad started going to ARC three
years ago for help with his addictions, and I
started going too. I now go there about two to
five times a week. ARC has helped me to turn my
life around. It helped me to look at myself, my
life and my attitude and see that I was normal,
it was just my circumstances that weren't. "I'm
now a really positive person and ARC has put
together a special programme for me, to help me
always maintain this frame of mind." This is just
two of the children that children in need have
helped with the money raised each year.
Maria's Story
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Thank You!

• We hope this slide show has influenced the way
  you think of Children In Need and that you know a
  little bit more about how you help the children
  involved!