A big Thank You to all of you who donate so freely during our Monthly Ride Outs. The last ride out raised £50 and I have received the following letter from the NSPCC. (Reproduced here in part)
” On behalf of the NSPCC Cymru/Wales thank you for your kind and generous donation of £50 towards our work to end cruelty to children. We are pleased to enclose receipt number 586354.
Your support is vital to ensure we can continue with our work in preventing cruelty to children. We rely on the support of the general public for 87% of our funding. Without your support we would have to close our services within six months.
Here are just a few of the ways donations such as your own are used in Wales and The Borders;
National Child Protection Helpline – Annualy, approximately 147,000 calls were made to the Helpline. The service also provides support in Welsh and five Asian languages.
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CHILDLINE CYMRU/WALES – is a service provided by the NSPCC and is the free 24 hour national helpline for children and young people in distress or danger. It takes a lot of courage from a child in need to make the step to call CHILDLINE and sadly due to lack of funds only around half of these calls are answered. Children call CHILDLINE for support, advice and to voice their concerns. Without CHILDLINE their voices may never be heard and these children would not get the help they are crying out for.
The children that we help can never thank you personally but here is a quotation from one child who has recently been supported;
‘Without the help of the NSPCC I don’t know how I would have coped. My life is now stable, I can’t forget what happened, but I am able to live and grow. I can’t thank you enough’.
If you would like to know more about the work of the NSPCC either visit our website at www.nspcc.org.uk or give me a call on 0207 650898
Yours Sincerely
Julie George
Community fund Raising Manager ”
Thank you to all who have donated.
Andy