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Street to School Sleep Outs
As part of Aviva’s international Street to School programme, 320 of our UK staff took part in sponsored Sleep Out events to raise awareness of the challenges faced by millions of children sleeping on...
View ArticleSarah’s story
From the age of six, Sarah was sexually abused by a man from her hometown. This was unknown to her family. Over five years, Sarah became gradually isolated from her mother and sister, rarely washing or...
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Big issue goes little – Making size the issue
In 2005, The Children’s Society reported that 100,000 children are at risk on the streets of the UK every day. The majority are runaways, and at least two thirds of these street children don’t even...
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Railway children
Remembering the forgotten: a new partnership to help the UK’s 100,000 street children On 16 September 2010, a leading children’s charity called for immediate government action as part of a new...
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Britain’s Street Kids documentary
Posted on Friday 19 November 2010 The Dispatches documentary: Britain’s Street Kids’ was aired on Channel 4, Monday 1st November. It follows the lives of four teenagers fending for themselves on the...
View ArticleUK: Manchester school visit
Posted on Wednesday 24 November 2010 British Olympic gold medalist Darren Campbell today went back to his old school, Ashton on Mersey in the North of England, to help highlight a new partnership to...
View ArticleProfile of Railway Children
Posted on Tuesday 30 November 2010 Terina Keene, Chief Executive Railway Children provided the following profile for us. It’s a depressing fact that every year in the UK at least 100,000 children under...
View ArticleChildren on the streets in the UK
Posted on Wednesday 19 January 2011 Creating sustainable change for children takes time to achieve. If we act today we can make a real difference to tomorrow says Andy McCullough, National Strategy and...
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Aviva and Railway Children support ‘Change the Story’ Campaign
Posted on Thursday 5 May 2011 In the UK, an estimated 1 in 9 children will run away from home or care before they’re 16; forced to leave because of violence, substance abuse and parental neglect....
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