Action for Children welcomes new ambassador Alun Michael at Cardiff Castle...
Cardiff Castle has hosted a special reception on Wednesday 6th November, to welcome the Rt. Hon Alun Michael JP to the voluntary role of Action...
Cardiff Castle reception for new Action for Children ambassador Alun Michael
Cardiff Castle will host a special reception on Wednesday 6th November, from 6pm to 8pm, to welcome the Rt. Hon Alun Michael JP to the...
HRH Princess Royal’s private audience with Anglesey young carer at Carers...
Carers Trust President, HRH The Princess Royal, metunpaid carers from Action for Children at the Short Breaks Conference on Thursday 3 October.
Action for Children, along...
FUTURE OF HEADLANDS ICONIC HOTEL BUILDING MEETING HELD
Action for Children has hosted an open meeting at Headlands School on the future of the iconic hotel building on Wednesday 24th July. Around 30...
Jayne Bryant MS visits Action for Children’s Gwent FIT Service
Jayne Bryant MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government, and Planning has visited Action for Children's Family Intervention Team (FIT). During her visit, she...
Local Heroes: Headlands School Students Honoured for Act of Kindness
Two Year 11 pupils from Headlands School, Hamish Dow and Matthew Delaney, were honoured by the Penarth Town Council earlier this month for their...
Swansea golfers drive massive £9,500 for cherished city children’s service
Golfers, Peter Honey-Jones and Peter Kissick have raised £9,500 for Action for Children's Stepping Stones service in Swansea. The Fairwood Park Golf Club duo...
Key Welsh fostering service welcomes Dawn Bowden MS visit
Action for Children's fostering service in South Wales has hosted a visit from Dawn Bowden MS, Welsh Government Minister for Social Care of Wales. ...
Award accolade for key Barry short breaks service
Action for Children's Ty Robin Goch short breaks service in the Vale of Glamorgan was among the finalists at this year's Social Care Wales...
Swansea’s festive spirit helping young families who need it most
The people of Swansea have shown that the festive spirit is alive and well in the city by helping care leavers and young families...
Ponty family daredevils to fall from the sky for Action for...
Family daredevils Mia Gardner and her aunt, Kelly Evans-Sims from Pontypridd will take on a daring skydive to raise money for a key Action...
Tesco Blue Token scheme funds summer fun at Llangrannog for NPT...
A group of youngsters from Action for Children’s Neath Port Talbot (NPT) Swansea community short breaks projects have enjoyed a summer break to Llangrannog....
Welsh 3 Peaks dash in 24 hours raises over £1,500 for...
Two Action for Children supporters have taken on the Welsh 3 Peaks Challenge within 24 hours and raised £1,576.25 for the charity’s Swansea Young...
Royal Garden party delight as Sian and family from Pembrey meet...
A charity worker from Pembrey has had her dreams come true when she met the King and other senior Royals at a Royal Garden...
These menstrual cycle management tasks have been voted the most time-consuming
Research by Yoppie, the pioneers of personalised period care, has found that the total time spent on menstrual cycles management throughout the month can take...
NEWS UPDATE – Swansea man asked “any pedo mom vids?”
NEWS UPDATE – Swansea man asked “any pedo mom vids?”
A 43-year-old man from Swansea has today been jailed for 14 online child sex abuse...
Philtronics Ltd and Ospreys raise over £3000 for Bouncing Back mental...
Hardy fundraisers from the Ospreys rugby region and sponsor, Philtronics Ltd have raised £3,272 for Action for Children’s Bouncing Back mental health programme through...
PYGMY GOATS JOIN SCHOOL ALPACAS TO BOOST PUPILS’ MENTAL HEALTH IN...
Action for Children's Headlands School has taken delivery of two pygmy goats during Mental Health Awareness Week (10-16 May) to boost its collection of...
Welsh mum praises Parent Talk free parental advice service
As Action for Children marks Mental Health Awareness Week, a Welsh mother has praised the charity's new Parent Talk Cymru online support service for...
4 Video Games to Help You Stay Fit At Home
The twenty-first century is all about digitalization. From business, daily-life chores to even the forms of entertainment and fun are getting digitized nowadays. As...
Mountain Mattie at it again climbing 3 Peaks for vulnerable children
Mountain Mattie Denman has followed up last year’s Pen y Fan virtual climb by taking on the National Three Peaks Challenge on her drive...
Powys secures key mental health programme
As Action for Children marks Mental Health Awareness Week (10 – 16 May), the leading children’s charity is announcing the rollout of its innovative...
Headlands crowned top Welsh school in Sustrans Big Pedal Challenge
Action for Children’s Headlands School in Penarth has achieved the highest-ranking Welsh school and top six UK-wide school in the Sustrans Big Pedal Challenge...
Newport brothers in 100-day attack on local litter for Action for...
Two brilliant Newport brothers, Eric (9) and Idris (7), are using their passion for the environment to pick up litter for 100 days on...
Cardiff barber raises over £2000 for vulnerable families
A Cardiff barber has raised over £2000 for Action for Children after encouraging friends to run 10 kilometres with him for the leading children’s...
A year like no other
Judith Kirkby reflects on a tumultuous year for the disability and family support services she manages across South East Wales for Action for Children.
Day...
Gwynedd and Ynys Môn young carers join ID card initiative on...
Young Carer ID card for schools, health professionals and retailers to recognise extra responsibilities.
North Wales developing ID partnerships ahead of Wales roll-out.
Gwynedd...
Health Board and Charity join forces with wellbeing toolkit for Pembrokeshire...
Action for Children young carer projects in Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion are marking Young Carers Action Day (16 March) by delivering hundreds of wellbeing toolkits...
4 Easy Ways to Solve Puzzles Using Simple Tricks
The easiest way to get through problems is by a pencil. As you solve problems, you will find it increasingly effortless when you start...
CHARITY FRONTLINE STAFF REVEAL PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN WALES AT BREAKING...
Action for Children key workers warn families at rock bottom, fearing worse to come in childhood crisis
Key workers call on Prime Minister to ‘come...
Walking Land’s End to John O’Groats via Caerleon for charity
Maria Jones, a Caerleon foster mum for Action for Children is walking from Land's End to John O'Groats for the charity during 2021, without...
Innovative fostering service comes to North Wales
Sector-leading fostering approach expanding from South Wales baseAction for Children bringing job and fostering opportunities to region
Action for Children’s successful therapeutic fostering service based...
Bouncing Back building resilience in our young people in Wales
As Action for Children marks Mental Health Awareness Week (1-7 Feb), the charity’s latest mental health programme for young people in Wales, Bouncing Back,...
Sky’s the limit as company’s North Wales region rewards Action for...
Action for Children staff from the North Wales arm of their Skills Plus service, that works to improve the emotional and well-being of care...
Mental Health awards recognition for The Guide’s Janine Thomas
Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) nominate Janine Thomas in the ‘Education of CAMH professionals’ category in this year’s ACAMH awards.
One of...
Denbighshire businesses give vulnerable young people early Christmas cheer
Denbighshire businesses are proving the spirit of Christmas is alive and well in North Wales with generous donations to Action for Children's Skills Plus...
Voucher and family activity packs for all Pembs young carers this...
Each young carer in Pembrokeshire is receiving a £20 gift voucher from Pembrokeshire Council and a family activity pack from Action for Children this...
Barry construction firm bring an early Christmas to every Ty Robin...
Action for Children’s Ty Robin Vale short breaks service in Barry has received a donation of Christmas presents from Morgan Sindall, a local construction...
Ospreys expand Action for Children partnership with Guide Digital
Ospreys in the Community is expanding its mental health partnership with Action for Children by adopting the charity’s Guide Digital mental health literacy platform.
The...
Swansea garage spreads Christmas joy to Action for Children families
A Swansea garage has delivered some early Christmas joy to families supported by Action for Children in the city. Swansea Young Families and the...
ACTION FOR CHILDREN LAUNCHES BI-LINGUAL PARENT TALK SERVICE FOR WALES
Parent Talk Wales launches with 1:1 support for parents in Welsh
Action for Children has launched its Parent Talk online parenting advice service in...
Covid Christmas stoking family anxiety ahead of festive season
• As Wales heads for a Covid-hit Christmas, new Action for Children research with parents and kids reveals heavy mental health toll on families –...
Bouncing Back with Ospreys in the Community
Ospreys in the Community is teaming up with national children's charity Action for Children to launch a new youth mental health programme in local...
Spooky end to half term for Pembs and Ceredigion young carers
Two weeks of half term activities came to an end with their joint Action for Children Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion young carers services online Halloween...
Fun Palace joy for children with additional needs
• Action for Children join forces with National Trust in Powys to put on activity day
Children from Action for Children’s Powys Community Additional Needs...
Guide Digital: Mental Health Literacy for All training programme launches
Action for Children’s innovative Guide scheme to build mental health literacy and resilience in secondary pupils is now available in digital form for all...
Headlands animals alpaca punch for students’ mental health
Action for Children’s Headlands School in Penarth has introduced four Peruvian alpacas to the school, delighting students and helping improve their mental health.
The famously...
Pioneering project diverting teenagers from serious organised crime is rolled out...
A ground-breaking programme diverting young people away from a life of serious organised crime has been rolled out in Cardiff.
Action for Children’s Serious Organised Crime...
KEY WORKERS WARN FAMILY FINANCES SET TO WORSEN THROUGH WINTER, AS...
As winter, end of furlough and a potential second Covid outbreak all loom, a new Action for Children report warns a worrying wave...
Llangrannog boost for supported families
Children of families supported by Action for Children’s NPT Swansea community short breaks and positive outcome play services (POPS) have enjoyed a well-deserved break...