The NSPCC is in my opinion one of the best charities in the UK. Of course that means they're up there with about 100 others that I think are great but that doesn't take away from their greatness, it just means that we're fortunate in this country to have so many charities who do such amazing work. Five years ago I couldn't have told you much about what the NSPCC do. I watched their adverts and was moved by them, I used their website to help me complete essays on child abuse but I never really thought about what else it is they do to stop child abuse. Of course raising awareness of child abuse issues and educating people about child abuse is an important part of ...  Read the complete review

After finding out a child we new was being sexually abused and her parents not only new about this but were repeatedly sending her to stay over night at the same house that the abuser lived in i decided it was my duty to tell the authorities, a lot of people think i was wrong for doing this but the way i saw it it was my responsibility as an adult to do my best to protect this little girl. I didnt know where to phone or who i needed to tell so i looked on a search engine on the net to see if that could tell me but all that i could find was the nspcc. Not wanting to take up there time i thought i would give them a quick call to see if they could tell ...  Read the complete review

The National Society for the prevention of Cruelty to children (N.S.P.C.C). help ouit families for lots of reasons, the obvious one is to prevent cruelty to children, but they helped me in a different way on two occassions. I do Apologise if this is in the wrong category The reason I needed help As a lot of you will know I have three children, my eldest son is 9 years, my daughter is 7 years and my youngest son is six years old. I had my eldest son when I was 19 years old, being so young myself, I really did`nt know anything about bringing up kids at that stage. At first every thing was fine, but when my eldest son hit ...  Read the complete review

I could not find the right category to put this in, so apologies if I have got it totally wrong. first off, I am going to say thank you to a couple of kindred spirits I have met on here, who have given me the motivation to write this. You know who you are i guess. My story differs a little from some i have read on here, and I don't want to complicate it too much, so I will spare you too much detail. i was adopted to save an ailing marriage - back in the 1950's this was a common and acceptable practice. provided the adopting parents were seen to be church- goers and the home was clean that was mostly all that was required. I was ...  Read the complete review

Dear World Hi my names Billy, I’m twelve years old. I used to live with my mum and dad but I don’t anymore because they used to hit me a lot when I was naughty. I was about six when it started, my dad had just lost his job and the money they got from the government wasn’t enough so he got angry a lot and used to hit my mum and me. My mum blamed me for making him angry and she started hitting me as well. For six years I used to sleep awkwardly in my bed because of the bruises on my back and most nights I would cry myself to sleep. I didn’t have many toys because we didn’t have much money so I was bored and just used to ...  Read the complete review