North England campaigning

How we are engaging with local communities to help children and young people in the north of England.

Our current campaigns

We are focusing on different campaigns across the region.

Bradford

In May 2010, the NSPCC launched a campaign in partnership with Bradford Safeguarding Children’s Board to raise awareness about the impact of bullying on disabled children. With disabled children three times more likely to be bullied than their non-disabled peers, it wasn’t surprising that disabled children and their parents identified bullying as one of their main concerns.  The campaign has sought to challenge attitudes to disability, provide training for professionals, pilot innovative ways of reducing bullying in various settings and to give disabled children and young people a platform to share their feelings and concerns. 

West Yorkshire

Every other week in West Yorkshire, a child is seriously injured or killed. West Yorkshire Police and the NSPCC will be launching a joint campaign later this year with the ultimate aim of reducing serious injury and child death in the region. The campaign, which calls upon the public to contact the NSPCC Helpline if they have concerns about a child, aims to ensure that the public are made aware of the importance of ‘doing something’ when they are worried about a child.  A programme of media activity, a launch event and talks to community groups and agencies across the region will all take place during the course of the campaign. The NSPCC hopes to see an increase in the number of calls to the helpline during and following the campaign.

How can I get involved?

For further information please contact Helen Westerman, local campaign coordinator, at Hwesterman@nspcc.org.uk.