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  • One month to go: Advice from London Marathon runners

    Last year Team Barnardo’s members ran the London Marathon to raise money to help us change childhoods and change lives across the UK, With one month to go till this year's marathon we’ve gone back to those finishers to ask them: what do you wish you’d known at this point last year?

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    Fundraising

  • Three things social workers want you to know about fostering

    Fostering can be deeply rewarding, but it also comes with challenges. We believe being open about both is essential in helping people decide whether fostering is right for them. We asked Barnardo’s fostering social and project workers to share things they’d like people to understand about fostering.

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    Fostering

  • How we’re challenging Black hair and skin discrimination

    We want Black children and young people to feel proud of who they are. Too often in the UK, Black children and young people face racial discrimination based on their hair and skin, impacting their self-esteem and opportunities, and affecting their chances in life.

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  • What Sara wishes more people knew about being in care

    Most people know very little about what it’s like to grow up in care. We spoke to 24-year-old Sara, a care leaver from Lincolnshire, about her experience and what she wants people to understand about life for children and young people in or leaving care.

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  • Siva’s 80th Birthday Challenge for Barnardo’s

    At 80 years old, Siva set himself a challenge that reflected his lifelong commitment to helping children succeed - a 3,970km team walk and run that raised over £11,000 for Barnardo’s.

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