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Fostering & Adoption

Action for Children finds homes for children that need them. More than 600 foster carers have chosen to work with Action for Children and we have a long established record of recruiting adoptive parents.

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£3 regular

£3 a month could pay for children to have a healthy nutritious dinner.

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£5 regular

£5 a month could pay for emergency overnight support for a young person living on the street.

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£10 regular

£10 a month could provide a one-to-one play session for a child who has been abused.

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£15 single

£15 could buy puppets to help a child who has been abused express their feelings

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£25 single

£25 could give 15 children a hot, nutritious meal.

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£50 single

£50 could keep a project open for an hour for children in urgent need

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