Facts and figures

Action for Children is a UK children's charity committed to helping the most vulnerable and neglected children and young people break through injustice, deprivation and inequality, so they can achieve their full potential.

We specialise in working with children and young people whose families need support, who are in care, who are disabled or who experience severe difficulties in their lives. This means our work is focused around our vision of a world where all children and young people have a sense of belonging, and are loved and valued; a world where they can fulfil their potential and experience the joy of life.

• Action for Children supports and speaks out for the most vulnerable and neglected children and young people, for as long as it takes to make a difference in their lives.
• Action for Children works in local communities with over 50,000 children and young people through 480 projects across the UK.*
• Action for Children works with the most vulnerable and neglected children and young people whose families need support, who are in care, who are disabled or who experience severe difficulties in their lives.
• Action for Children is a national charity delivering services that respond
  to the local needs of children, young people, their families and communities.
• Action for Children is committed to helping children and young people as
  early as possible, offering long term solutions.
• Action for Children campaigns to change the lives of the UK's most
  vulnerable and neglected children and young people.
• Children are at the centre of everything Action for Children does.

*as at 1 July 2010

Find out more

Read our fact sheets and impact report for more information, facts and figures about how Action for Children supports young people across the UK.