Barnado's - LO1

Barnardo’s vision today is that the lives of all children and young people should be free from poverty, abuse and discrimination. Barnardo’s believe in the abused, the vulnerable, the forgotten and the neglected. We pledge to support them, stand up for them and bring out the best in each and every child.

Barnardo's believe in children regardless of their circumstances, gender, race, disability or behaviour. They believe in the abused, the vulnerable, the forgotten and the neglected. They support them, they stand up for them and bring out the best in every single child.

They believe in the potential of every child and young person, no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through.

Barnardo's started in 1867 when Thomas Barnardo's came to London in 1866 and he found children sleeping in the streets being made to beg for food. He set up a ragged school and started helping abused, vulnerable, forgotten and neglected children of east London and his work is still continued today.

By the time Thomas Barnardo died in 1905, the charity he founded ran 96 homes caring for more than 8,500 children. Following his death his work continued and now Barnardo’s helps more than 100,000 children, young people and their families every year. Like Thomas Barnardo, they believe that every child deserves the best start in life and the chance to fufill their potential.

Barnardo's run 415 projects in the UK and work qith over 100,000 families, and help children in poverty, young carers and children who have been sexually exploited.

they work with families in many ways such as:

• fostering and adoption
• disability
• coping with domestic violence.