Children’s charity launches new centre

BRITAIN’S leading children’s charity says it will be offering “cutting edge” child protection services to children and families in Hull when it launches a new service centre in the city next week.

The NSPCC facility in Prospect Street will open on Friday, March 23, and will provide three main programmes - “Fedup”, which aims to improve the well being of children living with adult substance misuse; “Dart”, a 10-week programme supporting mothers in assisting their child’s recovery from domestic abuse; and a parenting improvement programme particularly aimed at early intervention in families where neglect is a key concern.

Service manager Valerie Charles said: “This is a very exciting time for the NSPCC in Hull. The NSPCC makes a huge difference to the lives of children across the UK and this new centre will help us expand our work and pioneer new approaches to address the significant child protection problems facing local children.

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“A wide range of new services will be offered from the centre, including a group work programme for children whose parents have drug and alcohol problems and are at high risk of abuse or neglect, a domestic abuse service for children and mothers, and parental support services to help parents who are struggling to care for children, aged four to 10 years.”

More than 250,000 children in the UK have parents with drug problems, and three in 10 children live with at least one binge-drinking parent.

Research shows strong links between parental substance misuse and domestic violence.

One in 20 children experience constant or frequent violence at home during childhood, and mothers who have lived with a violent partner can often neglect their children’s physical and emotional needs, the charity said.

More than 60 delegates will attend the launch, including professionals from health and social care, police, education services and voluntary organisations.

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