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Take part in the Schools' Childhood Day Mile!
It's easy for your school to take part in Childhood Day. All it takes is moving a mile and a donation from parents and carers. However you move your mile – whether you parade around the playground, conga in the classroom or lunge between lessons – every pound you raise will help support the NSPCC’s vital work.
When you sign up, we'll send your school a free welcome pack, including a Childhood Day Mile spinner. You could use this on the day, as a fun way for pupils to choose how to move their mile. You'll also get access to the resources page with lots of useful assets including:
- Dance video from the Royal Ballet School, activity sheet and lesson plan
- Johnny Ball’s Measure Your Mile resource
- Bing resources for nursery and early years
- many games to play on your walk, from a Treasure Hunt to a Paper Dog Walk
- and loads of ideas for all ages.
Raising money is made easy with access to your school’s own GiftT QR code, which can be emailed to parents or sent home with pupils to collect donations from trusted family and friends.
How to take part in the Schools’ Childhood Day Mile 2025
1. Sign up to register your school to take part!
2. Plan your Childhood Day Mile with our free resources.
3. Pick a date that suits you and raise money to help keep children safe.
"I believe it is an important lesson for young children to learn to be able to 'pay it forward' in even the smallest way possible and how every pound* donated can make such a huge difference to so many people's lives. Our children had a memorable day doing this great deed and still speak about it today."
- Kelly Turner, Deputy Headteacher, Altmore Infant School, London
Why your support matters
The NSPCC has been working to prevent child abuse for 140 years, and we know the only way we can keep all our children safe is if everyone works together. Schools are at the heart of towns and cities, and we need to get every school to bring their communities together to help keep children safe.
The money you raise could help the NSPCC run its Speak out Stay safe programme to help children like Luke** understand what abuse is and what to do if they’re scared or worried.
Luke** was abused by a friend of the family. After seeing an NSPCC Speak Out Stay Safe assembly at school, Luke confided in his mum, Caroline. They reported what had happened to the police and Luke is now doing well.
"If it hadn’t been for that assembly, I honestly think the abuse would still be happening. It gave my son the words to articulate what had happened to him and to be able to say it was not OK."
Caroline, Luke's mum*
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DISCLAiMER
* Over 80% of our income comes from those who choose to give to us, and every pound and penny makes a difference. Around 75p in every £1 we spend goes directly to helping children and young people. “The rest is spent on activities like raising donations. For more information on how we spend the money you give us, visit our ‘How your money is spent’ page.”
** Names have been changed. Photography by Briony Campbell and istock. Photographs are posed by models and volunteers.