Action for Children - NCH

Action for Children is committed to helping the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK break through injustice, deprivation and inequality, so they can achieve their full potential.

Action for Children helps nearly 156,000 children, young people and their families through nearly 420 projects across the UK. We also promote social justice by lobbying and campaigning for change.

Today, Action for Children is the leading UK provider of family and community centres, children's services in rural areas, services for disabled children and their families, and services for young people leaving care.

They provide services in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and also support work in Southern Africa, the Caribbean and Central America.

** Action for Children has nearly 420 projects around the UK
** Action for Children helps nearly 156,000 children, young people and their families across the UK; over 86,000 of these are children and young people under the age of 18
** They have been supporting children and young people affected by poverty, disability, abuse or neglect for 140 years
** Today, Action for Children is one of the UK’s leading children’s charities

Disabled Children

Action for Children works with disabled children, young people and their families because they need specialist help and support, and generally suffer from a wide variation in the quality of services they receive.

Across the UK, 29 per cent of disabled children live in poverty and the families of disabled children report particularly high levels of stress and isolation.

Their disability services provide disabled children and their families with residential and short break care, help families deal with challenging behaviour, provide specialist education and leisure opportunities, and offer innovative programmes such as the Access to IT project, which uses information technology to enhance disabled children’s confidence and their educational and social inclusion.

Find out more about how Action for Children support disabled children and their families at Tafarn Newydd Family Centre or about their disabled children policies.