Hanson fun day raises £2500 for Action for Children
Hanson Cement’s Padeswood works near Mold has raised £2500 for their first ever charity of the year, Action for Children at their summer fun...
Ty Robin disability short breaks celebrates Action for Children’s 150th birthday...
• Service holds party at Barry base
• Staff and families celebrate together with hog roast, face-painting and party games
Action for Children’s Vale...
Swansea joins UK’s largest corporate sleepout, Byte Night
• Swansea’s Liberty Stadium hosts launch and will host sleepout to prevent youth homelessness
• Swansea Byte Night to partner Ospreys in the Community
• More than...
Prestigious Bridgend Rotary Club award goes to school-aged person for the...
• Key Harvey Palmer Trophy goes to Action for Children Bridgend young carer, Oliver Davies
• Club praises ‘remarkable young man’
Bridgend Rotary Club has awarded...
Swansea joins UK’s largest corporate sleepout, Byte Night
• Swansea’s Liberty Stadium to host sleepout to prevent youth homelessness
• Swansea Byte Night to partner Ospreys in the Community
• More than £12m raised...
Swansea leads the way with Action for Children 150th birthday celebrations
• Time capsule burial ceremony at Ty Laura
• Penlan garden party with Children’s Commissioner for Wales
Swansea has been celebrating Action for Children’s 150th birthday...
WNO orchestra takes on new instrument challenge for Action for Children
• Tragedy inspires Bristol violinist Emma Waller’s fundraising feats
• 16 WNO orchestra musicians learn new instruments and take mass exam at Wales Millennium Centre
When...
Swansea’s Ty Laura short breaks marks Action for Children 150th birthday...
Former Swansea children’s home resident Clive Williams helps bury time capsule
Action for Children’s Ty Laura Short Breaks service in Swansea, which provides respite...
MAJORITY OF WELSH PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS SURVEYED SAY CHILDHOOD GETTING WORSE -...
• Landmark survey reveals three generations of families across Wales and the UK fear childhoods are getting worse
• In its 150th year of helping...
Action for Children celebrates birthday and new children’s home in Rhuddlan
Sister Eluned Williams MBE officially opens new home
Celebration comes as Action for Children turns 150
Action for Children proudly opened their latest children’s...
This year’s Local Government Association annual conference comes at a time...
Getting in the picture: Duchess joins charities in photography workshop with children
Two lucky Welsh young carers meet the Duchess of Cambridge
Two leading...
Up at 5am, care for mum and siblings then two buses...
• Gwynedd Young carer Jasmine tells of her day for Carers Week
• Action for Children supports young carers in Gwynedd and across Wales...
Taking the young carer message to the top
As Action for Children marks Carers Week (10-16 June) one remarkable young man supported by the charity’s Bridgend young carers’ service is taking his...
Up at 5am, care for mum and siblings then two buses...
• Gwynedd Young carer Jasmine tells of her day for Carers Week
• Action for Children supports young carers in Gwynedd and across Wales and...
Taking the young carer message to the top
As Action for Children marks Carers Week (10-16 June) one remarkable young man supported by the charity’s Bridgend young carers’ service is taking his...
Change a future for children who need it most
Action for Children Fostering Wales is marking Fostering Fortnight (13-27 May) by appealing for more foster parents to change a future and give vulnerable...
‘That was Then’ show celebrates Headlands 100-year history
Action for Children’s Headlands School in Penarth has celebrated the school’s rich 100-year history with a theatre performance by their dance and drama department...
Action for Children cements charity of the year at Hanson
Hanson Cement’s Padeswood works near Mold has chosen Action for Children as its first ever charity of the year for 2019.
The leading supplier of...
From Bake Off to Cake Off
• Welsh Bake Off star attends Great Welsh Cake Off
• Action for Children Fostering Wales celebrates 5 years of baking competition
Great British Bake Off...
Young people thrive working at the Hatch
Young volunteers with additional learning needs are thriving at Action for Children’s Hatch snack bar at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court. Volunteers report feeling more confident...
MINISTER ADDRESSES CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH SENEDD EVENT
• Vaughn Gething AM and Jack Sargeant AM address Action for Children’s Build Sound Minds event hosted by Rhianon Passmore to mark Children’s Mental...
LEADING THE WAY ON CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH IN WALES
Action for Children Senedd event sponsored by Rhianon Passmore AM to mark Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
• Whitchurch High pupils to address AMs...
Barnardo’s Cymru awarded Home Office funding for new, whole-family approach to...
Barnardo’s Cymru awarded Home Office funding for new, whole-family approach to overcoming domestic abuse
Children’s charity Barnardo’s Cymru has been awarded £950,000 of Home Office...
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...
‘Inspiring’ North Wales children’s home in the One Show spotlight
Action for Children’s Tan y Dre children’s home and the young people they support have had a special visit from a One Show film...
CHARITY WARNS A MILLION OF UK’S YOUNGEST CHILDREN FACE DESPERATE CHRISTMAS
Action for Children reveals new analysis of official government data showing one million under-10s will be deprived of basics such as warm winter clothing,...
The Guide programme for schools to launch at key children’s mental...
• Action for Children to deliver prestigious Canadian initiative in Wales
• Proven scheme to understand mental health and break down stigma
Action for...
NSPCC issues livestreaming and video-chat warning as survey highlights risks
NSPCC issues livestreaming and video-chat warning as survey highlights risks
Quarter of children surveyed have livestreamed and one in eight video-chatted with someone they...
NEVER MIND THE BUSINESS ROCKS SWANSEA BY RAISING £42k FOR ACTION...
NEVER MIND THE BUSINESS ROCKS SWANSEA AND RAISES £42k FOR ACTION FOR CHILDREN
• Live music, quiz and chaos hosted by the BBC Wales' Mal...
150 BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS SLEEP ROUGH IN CARDIFF TO PREVENT YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
150 PROFESSIONALS SLEEP ROUGH IN CARDIFF TO PREVENT YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
Over 150 business people will brave the cold for a night at the 3rd Wales...
Hatch-ed in Haverfordwest – a snack bar run by young people...
The Hatch a result of Dragons’ Den style pitch to Action for Children
• Haverfordwest Magistrates Court to host unique snack bar
Enterprising staff...
THREE QUARTERS OF PARENTS FEEL GUILTY ABOUT THEIR CHILD’S SCHOOL LUNCHBOX
NUTRITIONIST: AVERAGE LUNCH BOX CONTAINS MORE ADDED SUGAR THAN ENTIRE DAILY RECOMMENDATION FOR PRIMARY CHILDREN
A massive three quarters (75%) of British parents with children...
Generous donations bring summer fun for Bridgend young carers
• Hollywood Bowling and Folly Farm among trips courtesy of funds raised by Choirs in the Community, Coop and Porthcawl Lions
• Time away from...
Wrexham Longfields staff tackle Holyhead to Cardiff in 3-day cycle ride
• Wrexham project therapists raise £3,700 for key service for vulnerable young people
Three naive yet well intended women have ridden from Holyhead to Cardiff...
Holiday of a lifetime for Tan Y Dre’s amazing young people
Holiday of a lifetime for Tan Y Dre’s amazing young people
Staff raise funds to take Tan Y Dre’s young people to Disneyland Paris
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