Kids Company is a great UK based charity, working towards positive change and healing for children and their families.
Their philosophy:
“Kids Company promotes and supports emotional wellbeing. Our approach is grounded in attachment theory and the understanding of the importance of consistent, long-term ‘loving care’.
Experience has taught us that children who suffer trauma, abuse and neglect cope with their pain by shutting down their capacity to feel. Kids Company staff facilitate the healing process through the development of sustained, caring relationships, where both practical and emotional needs are met.
We believe that no child is born a criminal or a killer. In our experience, violent behaviour in children is typically evidence of the harm that they have been exposed to. All too often children are penalised for society’s failures in care, when ultimately the responsibility lies with adults who fail to care robustly enough.
We are relentless in our love, doing whatever it takes to protect children struggling to survive their childhood.”
There are many ways you can get involved with Kids Company. Funded by donations, you can donate through the website and they do a lot of different fundraisers. There is also the opportunity to volunteer, which includes various options and levels; from volunteering at Christmas, to mentoring on a one to one basis, to volunteering at a school or Kids Company centre. Mentoring and volunteering is a great and hands on approach which includes full training and support. When I lived in London, I volunteered weekly at a local school, running an after-school arts and crafts class, it was very heart warming, compassionate and positive. I love charities that you can access and work with, as you can actually see and feel the work going on and be a part of it.
Kids Company is a great charity doing great work, thank you!
Connect:
https://www.facebook.com/kidscompany
https://twitter.com/@KidsCompanyUK
This post was written by Kim Booth