Midlands
There are 50 projects across Barnardo’s Midlands region in a catchment area that takes in Shropshire in the west across to Lincolnshire, and from Derbyshire in the north down to Oxfordshire and all counties in between.
We are working to improve the lives of 19,000 children affected by poverty, family breakdown, homelessness, educational disadvantage, sexual abuse, life limiting illnesses and disabilities. Barnardo's shops also offer services to deprived communities, and opportunities to volunteers, while raising money for the development of children's services.
Throughout, our focus on greatest need has remained at the forefront of our work here. Our staff and volunteers work closely with families, parents, their communities, and carers to ensure children and young people receive the necessary care and support needed for successful growth and development.
Children are the starting point of our thinking and we endeavour to involve them in our developments and delivery of services, to reflect their cultural, racial, social and spiritual needs. It is also imperative that we continue to increase our influence in local and national policy arenas to ensure that all children and young people have a right to inclusion of services in their communities.
Barnardo’s Midlands needs £3.2 million a year that is £266,000 a month or £62,000 a week just to maintain our existing services. Would you like to help children, young people and their families in Midlands? Donate today!
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Introduction (2.91 Mb) The Big Toddle (3.54Mb)Barnardo's Lowhill Family Centre (3Mb)Barnardo's Safe4U (5.37Mb)Barnardo's shops (4.94Mb)Barnardo's Sycamore centre (4.23Mb)Barnardo's Wheels (4.82Mb)End (1.95Mb)Read the text of the full video-script here. (36 KB pdf)
Please note: These clips are QuickTime movies. If you do not have the player, you can download the QuickTime player here.
IIV (Investing in Volunteers) is an award to recognise and benchmark an organisation’s commitment to high quality volunteer involvement. It is based on the four main areas of volunteer management:
- Planning for volunteer involvement
- Recruiting volunteers
- Selecting and matching volunteers
- Supporting and retaining volunteers.
The Award is managed by Volunteering England, and the Midlands Region achieved IIV for its Children’s Services and Retail volunteer programmes in May 2007
