CHILDHOOD Day is the NSPCC’s national day to fundraise and help keep children safe. Every year communities in the East of England, Thames Valley and across the UK, come together to celebrate childhood through fundraising, volunteering and a range of activities for all to enjoy.
Everyone can play their part in keeping children safe and one way is to get involved this Childhood Day. People can volunteer for NSPCC collections, organise their own event, and take part in the Childhood Day Mile.
Children can move their mile by parading in the playground, dancing in the dinner hall or lunging in between lessons. Or get the whole family involved and take on a mile’s walk together, grab a friend and do it three-legged, or get your workplace together and go the distance in a relay race.
How you move a mile is completely up to you! The Childhood Day Mile is for everyone.
Over 80% of the NSPCC’s income comes from donations and it is essential that our services, like Childline, are here for those children that need help and don’t know where to turn. Every £29 raised from Childhood Day could fund a Childline supervisor for one hour supporting our volunteer counsellors.
Similarly, £5 pays for one practitioner to answer a call to the NSPCC Helpline. In 2023/24, the NSPCC received 75,000 contacts to the Helpline from people with concerns about a child’s welfare.
We are really excited for this year’s Childhood Day and looking forward to seeing everyone play their part in helping to keep children safe.
For more information about the NSPCC’s Childhood Day, visit
www.nspcc.org.uk/childhood-day/
