NSPCC

As Quadnet's chosen charity, NSPCC aims to end cruelty to children.

The NSPCC's work

They have over 177 community-based projects and run the Child Protection Helpline and ChildLine in the UK and the Channel Islands. Most of the charity's work is with children, young people and their families. They also work to achieve cultural, social and political change - influencing legislation, policy, practice, public attitudes and behaviours and delivering services for the benefit of young people.

The aim

The NSPCC want to see a society where all children are loved, valued and able to fulfil their potential. To do this, they have four objectives:

• To mobilise everyone to take action to end child cruelty.
• To give children the help, support and environment they need to stay safe from cruelty.
• To find ways of working with communities to keep children safe from cruelty.
• To be, and be seen as, someone to turn to for children and young people.

What you need to know about child abuse, and why you should care

• Every ten days in England and Wales one child is killed at the hands of their parent. In half (52 per cent) of all cases of children killed at the hands of another person, the parent is the principal suspect.
  
  
• More than one third (36 per cent) of all rapes recorded by the police are committed against children under 16 years of age.
  
  
• NSPCC research shows that a significant minority of children suffer serious abuse or neglect. Our 2000 study of the childhood experiences of 2,869 18-24 year olds found that:
  
  
  • Six per cent of children experienced frequent and severe emotional maltreatment during childhood.
    
    
  • Six per cent of children experienced serious absence of care at home during childhood.
    
    
  • 31 per cent of children experienced bullying by their peers during childhood, a further seven per cent were discriminated against and 14 per cent were made to feel different or 'like an outsider'. 43 per cent experienced at least one of these things during childhood.
    
    
  • Three-quarters (72 per cent) of sexually abused children did not tell anyone about the abuse at the time. 27 per cent told someone later. Around a third (31 per cent) still had not told anyone about their experience(s) by early adulthood.
    
    
  • A quarter (25 per cent) of children experienced one or more forms of physical violence during childhood. This includes being hit with an implement, being hit with a fist or kicked, shaken, thrown or knocked down, beaten up, choked, burned or scalded on purpose, or threatened with a knife or gun. Of this 25 per cent of children, the majority had experienced 'some degree of physical abuse' by parents or carers.
    

• Almost two thirds of children killed at the hands of another person in England and Wales are aged under five.
  
  
• The National Commission of Inquiry into the Prevention of Child Abuse estimated that the cost of child abuse to statutory and voluntary agencies is £1 billion per year in the UK. Most of this is spent dealing with the consequences of abuse rather than its prevention. The total cost of abuse far exceeds this estimate. Individuals and families bear most of the consequences, sometimes for the rest of their lives at an incalculable cost.

Its facts like this that make the NSPCC our principle charity. Please help Quadnet raise money for them. To learn about our current fundraising activities click here