1. about Barnardo’s

2. Barnardo’s vision
"Our vision is that the lives of all children and young
people should be free from poverty, abuse and
discrimination.
We believe in the abused, the vulnerable, the
forgotten and the neglected. We will support them,
stand up for them and bring out the best
in each and every child.”

3. about Barnardo’s NI
 Barnardo’s is the largest children’s charity in Northern
Ireland
 Barnardo’s NI provides 46 local services
 Every year, we transform the lives of over 8,000
vulnerable and disadvantaged children, young people
and their families in Northern Ireland
 We work in 150 local schools
 Every year we depend on donations from the public and
local organisations to raise £2 million to carry on our vital
work in Northern Ireland
 For every £1 we receive, we spend 95 pence directly on
our local services for children and young people
 Every penny raised in Northern Ireland is spent in
Northern Ireland

4. Areas we work in
Fostering
Children Child
in care poverty
Disability
Sexual
and
exploitation
inclusion
46
Services
Child Parental
substance
abuse
misuse
Education
Domestic and
violence Parenting
support
Young
carers

5. Children we help
 Children with disabilities
 Young carers
 Children who have been bereaved
 Young people leaving care
 Children of prisoners
 Children vulnerable to sexual to exploitation
 Ethnic minority children and their families
 Children living in families with domestic violence, parental
alcohol and drug misuse and mental health issues

6. Some of our services
Dr B’s Kitchen is a training Parent and Child Together
project for young people with offers accommodation,
learning difficulties and health assessment and support to young
conditions who are at high risk of mothers where there are serious
being excluded from the labour concerns around the mother’s
market. ability to meet their child’s needs.
Pharos service works closely Time for Me is a school-based
with children and their families counselling and support service.
where there is parental alcohol The service offers a range of
and/ or drug misuse. The service integrated services to support
provides a range of tailored children’s emotional well-being to
interventions that build on family improve their learning potential.
strengths, develop children’s
resilience, and support parents
through the recovery process.

7. Some of our services
Young Carers service offers Barnardo's Family
a diverse range of support Resource Centers provide a
services to children and young range of assessment and
people who are in a caring role therapeutic support services to
for a family member with an families and children 'in need'
illness/disability or is misusing and/or 'at risk'. The main focus of
alcohol/drugs. work is with children who are
living in unsafe home
Forward Steps is a service environments. These children are
for pre-school children who more likely than not to be
have Autism or related exposed to the effects of violence
communication difficulties as in the home, and where there is
well as their parents and other domestic violence research
family members. The service indicates that there is also a high
also provides support and risk of direct child abuse.
intervention to families and
pre-school staff.

8. We depend on you
Thousands of vulnerable children depend
on our services. We are their lifeline.
In turn, we depend on donations from
the public to carry on our work.
Your support will help us to transform
children’s lives.