Reach the highest point in Wales on our Snowdon Challenge, Saturday 9 October

We're currently looking for individuals, families and groups to sign up and join us on our challenge to reach the top of Snowdon. Reaching the top of the highest mountain in Wales is no mean feat and the feeling you will get on reaching the summit is second to none!

'I got a lot out of it, just by achieving my goal to climb a mountain. Reaching the top felt like a miracle! The views are spectacular and it's worth doing just for that.' Gemma Rees, Community Worker.

Last year's trek up Snowdon was a great success. Previous participants Carol McKinley and Rebecca Short, have this to say to anyone wanting to give it a go:

'It's a great challenge and gives you a fantastic sense of achievement. The Welsh fundraising team are really excellent and you'll find the experience good fun socially. It also offers great sightseeing which you'll never forget.’

‘When you do things for a good cause, it really inspires you to keep going. I'd love to do the Trek again’.

To take part in our Snowdon Challenge there’s a £25 registration fee (to cover costs), and you’ll receive a fundraising pack and 'Dare to make a difference' t-shirt. The minimum fundraising amount is only £100, which most participants find really easy to achieve.

You can do it!

For further details and your entry form please contact 02920 222127 or email events.wales@actionforchildren.org.uk

We are hugely excited to be hosting our Celebrity Journeys Exhibition at The Music Room in Mayfair tomorrow night! The evening will showcase some of the wonderful artwork that our celebrities have created. 

Still time to bid for artwork

The online competition has now closed but there’s still time to snap up a one off piece of celebrity art. Visit the online auction at http://bit.ly/celebart to place a bid.

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Last Wednesday (16 June), we hosted a parliamentary event called The Smart Money: Making Tomorrow Better for Children and Families. The event showed MPs and other important guests the benefits of intervening early in issues to improve the lives of young people and families.

Over 40 MPs attended, including Government ministers from three key departments, (the Cabinet Office, Home Office and the Department for Education), senior civil servants from the Treasury and Department for Education, and four members of the House of Lords. Six VIPs, including Emily Maitliss and Alastair Stewart OBE, also supported the event.

Speeches included the new Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, Tim Loughton MP, and MPs were asked to take five actions to help promote early intervention. They also had the opportunity to meet some of the project workers and young mums from two of our children’s centres, Furness and Wheatley.

We produced a booklet to support the event too. To read it click here.

For more info contact Samantha Windett at samantha.windett@actionforchildren.org.uk or on 020 7704 7155.

Some of the UK’s best loved celebrities and public figures have illustrated their personal and professional transformations to help us raise awareness of the difficult and often complex journeys that thousands of neglected children and young people face every single day.

Bid online to win an original piece of celebrity artwork designed in support of Action for Children

Now it’s your chance to own one of these unique pieces of art.

An online auction of over 50 pieces of the artwork will launch on Tuesday 15th June. Artists include Hollywood actress Gemma Arterton, fashion designer Ben De Lisi, legend Joanna Lumley, and artist and member of the rock royal family, Yoko Ono, to name but a few.

For your chance to bid on all the artwork available check out our online gallery.

The auction will last for 30 days, closing on Thursday the 15th July.

Competition to win event tickets

How well do you know your favourite celebrity? We’ve got 10 pieces of anonymous celebrity journey’s artwork and we want you to guess who they belong to. To find out more visit our competition page.

Want to see the artwork up close?

Then join us for our one off exhibition and drinks reception being hosted at the Music Room Mayfair on Thursday 24 June. Attending the event will be some of the celebrities who donated artwork. Find out more

For more information or to register your interest Call Barbara at Action for Children on 020 7704 7135 or email us .

Media enquiries to media team on 0207 704 7111 or email us.

Brought to you by the Film Industry Football Event (FIFE) Committee, the FIFE film auction raises money to support the vital work of Action for Children.

Here’s your chance to own a piece of cinematic history signed by your favourite film star or attend the hottest premières and events generally reserved for those within the industry. The FIFE film auction has been made possible thanks to the ongoing support of the Film Industry Football Event (FIFE) committee. The committee organise an annual five a side football tournament in aid of Action for Children and represent some of the most celebrated film and production companies.  All the items will be available till the 27 May.

To find out more about the auction visit this page.