We're the UK's leading children’s charity, specialising in child protection and dedicated to protecting children today to prevent abuse tomorrow. We’re the only UK children’s charity with statutory powers, which means we can take action to safeguard children at risk of abuse. We’ve been protecting children for over 100 years.
Over the last 5 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters, volunteers and staff, we helped to make more than 6.6 million children safer from abuse. We’ve developed new services to help families, campaigned to change laws, shared information about abuse and how to recognise it, and developed new tools for children, parents and professionals.
We work with schools, providing our Speak Out Stay Safe safeguarding programme to an amazing 90% of Primary schools, as well as training and consultancy services and a range of other lesson resources and information to support schools. We also provide therapeutic services and support for children and families and conduct ground-breaking research and campaign for change. We offer national helplines to offer advice and support for anyone worried about a child and our Childline service provides support and advice to children and young people, 365 days a year.
Our services help children who’ve been abused, protect children at risk and find the best ways to prevent child abuse from ever happening.
As part of our fight for every childhood, we work directly with children and families in our national and regional hubs across the UK and Channel Islands and give support to thousands of adults and young people in need through the NSPCC helpline and Childline.
We work with schools up and down the country through our Speak Out Stay Safe programme, helping children to keep themselves safe.
And our projects such as Together for Childhood help children who’ve experienced abuse, support parents, and work to transform the way communities come together to prevent child cruelty.
You should be a Speak Out, Stay Safe volunteer if you’re:
- Passionate about helping young children
- Empathetic and perceptive
- Sensitive and supportive
- A team player
- Able to think on your feet
And if you have:
- Good communication skills
- Basic IT and e-mail skills
- Enough energy to keep a room of 10 year old’s engaged
Our Opportunities
As one of our trained Speak out Stay safe volunteers, you’ll help us protect a generation of children from abuse and neglect by visiting schools twice a month to give our age-appropriate Speak out Stay safe workshops. SUITABLE FOR WE MODULE