Project HappyChild
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Whizz-Kidz is a national children’s charity set up in 1990 to address the growing demand for mobility equipment for disabled children and young people. The charity improves the quality of life of disabled children and young people under 18 in the UK through the provision of customised mobility equipment such as wheelchairs and tricycles that are not available through the National Health Service. Whizz-Kidz is also dedicated to providing help and advice to the children and their families and raising awareness of mobility-related issues through national campaigning.

Through a national network of local units, FSU has been providing family support services since 1948. Based in some of the UK's most disadvantaged areas our Units provide a "one stop" multi-disciplinary resource delivering such support services as parenting skills, counselling, family case work and group therapy. We also provide additional services such as homework clubs, playschemes, drop in centres and advocacy on welfare benefits, housing and immigration. Donations are always required to enable us to prevent the breakdown of family life. All donations, large and small, are acknowledged and gratefully received.

Many children have nowhere safe and interesting to play outside. For some children, there isn't even space at home to make a noise, make a mess or have friends over. The most deprived children don't have a home of their own and they have even less chance to play freely. PLAYLINK helps people who want to set up and run adventure playgrounds so children can have a local place to call their own, to dig and climb, play games, build dens and meet friends. We also help schools to improve their playgrounds.

The NCT is a charity offering information and support in pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood. Everyone is welcome, you don't have to be a member to join in. Many new parents make friends through the NCT local network. 400 branches offer coffee mornings and family events as well as a local newsletter. Anyone can contact a breastfeeding counsellor for free information and support. Our mail-order catalogue offers a wide range of essentials for maternity as well as a delightful range of items for newborn babies.

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is the UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children.
The NSPCC exists to prevent children from suffering abuse and is working for a future for children free from cruelty.
24-HOUR HELPLINE NUMBER: 0800 800500
TEXT-PHONE HELPLINE: 0800 056 0566

Children in one parent families deserve an equal chance but may not get one because of poverty, social prejudices about one-parent families and a lack of services. We help children and their families by campaigning against prejudice, working for supportive government policies, and providing information and encouragement. We urgently need your help to allow us to assist the one in five children in Scotland in a lone parent family.

UNICEF, The United Nations Children's Fund, is the world's largest development organization working for children. Working on every continent and in virtually every country, UNICEF supports programmes in health, nutrition, water and sanitation and education, helping governments and communities deliver services tailored to their children's needs.
The UK Committee has been working since 1956 to raise funds for UNICEF programmes in developing countries. Since 1990, the Committee has greatly expanded its work to promote the rights of all children, and to help ensure that the targets for the year 2000 set at the historic World Summit for Children will be met in this country as well as overseas.

SENSE is the national voluntary organization that works and campaigns for the needs of children and young adults who are deafblind, providing advice, support, information and services for them, their families, carers and the professionals who work with them. We offer support and advice to families, advise teachers and local authorities on providing assistance with education for deafblind people, run holidays for deafblind children and young adults and provide residential rehabilitation centres and long-term group homes. SENSE would like to visit your school, show the children how they can communicate with their hands and provide some great new ideas for raising money to help other children.

RPS Rainer works with over 1000 young people each year who are experiencing disruption and difficulties in their lives, providing them with a time of stability and enabling them to gain access to knowledge, skills and opportunities, in order to be able to lead fulfilling and independent lives. RPS Rainer provides a variety of services, trying to improve young people's low self-esteem. Give young people a second chance by a donation, large or small. It does make a difference.

What happens to children during their early years is very important. Through its 18,000 member pre-schools, the Pre-School Learning Alliance provides pre-school education and care for 850,000 children under five. In the safe and stimulating environment of a pre-school, children learn as they play with carefully-selected equipment and plenty of adult support. Each group is an independent part of its local community and most fundraise to keep fees as low as possible so as to avoid excluding families in financial hardship. Because we believe that each child has the right to develop to the full, our Help a Pre-school Child appeal raises money to provide subsidised places and to support the integration of children with special needs.