- Navigation menu list for the main sections in this web site
- What we do
- Get involved
- Help and advice
- Under 18?
- Donate
For expert help and advice, call the NSPCC child protection helpline on
0808 800 5000.
Our telephone advisers are all trained child protection officers. Whatever you tell them during your call will be kept confidential.
If you need to talk in a language other than English, ask a trusted friend to speak to us as your interpreter. If you cannot find an interpreter, we can usually provide one for you. Ask for one at the beginning of your call.
If you are deaf or hard of hearing, we have a free textphone service on 0800 056 0566.
Child abuse is when an adult harms a child or young person under the age of 18. This can be physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional cruelty or neglect. Child abuse can cause serious long-term damage to a child, or even death. It can never be justified, in any society or culture.
Find out more about child abuse.
The NSPCC is the UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children. Our purpose is to end cruelty to children. FULL STOP. But we cannot achieve this alone. We need the support and commitment of everyone, including the many different ethnic and cultural groups in Britain. Together we can end cruelty to children. FULL STOP.
We run a bilingual Welsh/English Helpline for Wales and for Welsh speakers living outside Wales.
We run a helpline specially for the Asian community in Bengali, Gujurati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
Bengali 0800 096 7714
Gujurati 0800 096 7715
Hindi 0800 096 7716
Punjabi 0800 096 7717
Urdu 0800 096 7718
Asian/English 0800 096 7719
We can offer some help in the following languages:
Help in French
Help in Italian
Help in Turkish
Help in Somali
Help in Greek
Help in Arabic
Help in Chinese
Help in Spanish
Copyright © 2006 NSPCC - All rights reserved. National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Weston House, 42
Curtain Road, London EC2A 3NH. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Registered charity number 216401. NSPCC, charity registered in Scotland, charity number SC037717.