London, East and South East
Barnardo’s statement, ‘with children, for children’ has at its heart the vision for Barnardo’s which is that the lives of all children and young people should be free from poverty, abuse and discrimination.
Here in London, East and South East (England) (LEaSE), our job is to make the vision real through the services we deliver and how we deliver them. Through our 122 services we aim to help the most vulnerable children and young people transform their lives and fulfil their potential.
LEaSE is the largest Barnardo’s Region consisting of three Government Office Regions. A third of the UK population resides in the LEaSE Region of England and we work with over 25,700 children, young people and their families in their homes, our services and our schools in areas such as:
- Milton Keynes
- Colchester
- London
- Brighton
- and Southampton.
Download the report 'United We Stand: A Voluntary and Community Sector Manifesto for London’s Children and Young People'. (PDF)
This manifesto is the work of a diverse coalition of organisations working with children and young people aged 0-25. Never before has such a range of voluntary and community groups come together with one voice to articulate what we need to do to make London better today and for our successor generation.
We have over 122 services and our work across the region reflects the diversity of these areas. Many of our services are run in conjunction with local authorities and other statutory agencies in order to provide the best service to children and families. Other agencies approach us because of our reputation, expertise and ethos.
There are over 1,200 volunteers, 775 paid children’s services staff working in our region and we work together to continue tomake things better for children and young people and to find more creative and supportive ways of delivering our aims.
Barnardo’s LEaSE needs nearly £22 million a year that is £1,830,000 a month or £423,000 a week – just to maintain our existing services. Would you like to help children, young people and their families in LEaSE – donate today!