#Runningaway – please RT/comment and help support Railway Children
By Jeannette | December 31, 2012
Mumsnet are working with Aviva and their charity partner Railway Children to try and get folks talking and thinking about the issue of children who run away. This Christmas and winter time this issue seems all the more important and we’d love you to help.
Did you know….
It’s estimated that a child runs away from home or care every five minutes in the UK
In a recent survey, one in 11 teenagers aged 14 to 16 admitted to having run away overnight at some stage in their life
It’s impossible to know the true scale of the problem: two-thirds of runaways aren’t reported as missing to the police, and many are too vulnerable or scared to seek official help
It’s estimated 2000 children will run away over Christmas
We know this is every parent’s big nightmare and that it can happen to anyone – it’s nothing to do with family economics or where people live.
There’s lots of info on Railway Children and the work they do here
Why am I blogging this?
For each blog post from a MN blogger Aviva will donate £2 to Railway Children. And every post that receives comments, they will donate another £2 for each comment and also for any tweets sent, or mention on Facebook. Aviva will donate up to £200,000 by the end of 2013 as part of the campaign.
What would I like you to do?
Please leave a comment below, whether you’ve experienced a child running away or simply leave a message to support Railway Children.
As mentioned above, Aviva will donate £2 for every comment received. Share this post to twitter and Facebook for more donations.
Click on the link for more information.
Thanks for reading and please do comment and share Jx 😘
18 Comments
Ciara MacGrath on 31st December 2012 at 5:01 pm.
Have no experience of this. Hope this comment helps those who do. Well done Jeanette. 🙂
thenotsomightyom on 1st January 2013 at 10:25 pm.
We must never treat running away from Home as a Trivial Issue. Whatever the circumstances it is always a relief when all works out well and a Tragedy is avoided.Stop the Tragedies.
AutismMumma on 3rd January 2013 at 11:09 am.
Thank you for commenting 🙂
AutismMumma on 3rd January 2013 at 11:09 am.
Thank you for commenting 🙂
Leoarna on 3rd January 2013 at 11:42 am.
Important stuff and great work.
Distressed Housewife on 3rd January 2013 at 1:43 pm.
Hi, I’ve also blogged about this very worrying issue. It’s definitely every parent’s worst nightmare. Good for your for raising awareness about it.
Donna on 3rd January 2013 at 5:27 pm.
I’m participating in this too. Such a great cause to get behind. The stats are scary and it’s incredible to think that 70% of those who have run away are not reported as missing.
louise on 4th January 2013 at 7:41 pm.
I’d never heard of this charity beofre. Thank you for raising awareness.
AutismMumma on 5th January 2013 at 6:18 am.
Thanks.
AutismMumma on 5th January 2013 at 6:19 am.
Thanks, I’ll check out the other blogs too, all means ££ for a very good cause 🙂
AutismMumma on 5th January 2013 at 6:21 am.
Thanks.
AutismMumma on 5th January 2013 at 6:21 am.
Thank you.
Shar on 5th January 2013 at 7:35 am.
Great article
crafts on sea on 5th January 2013 at 2:15 pm.
I’ve blogged about this too, such a great charity so lets hope we can raise lots of cash! 🙂
Annis le Felling on 5th January 2013 at 5:41 pm.
Well done for raising awareness for this very important issue, the numbers of children who runaway each year is frightening, even more so that many go unreported.
AutismMumma on 6th January 2013 at 6:55 pm.
Thank you 🙂
AutismMumma on 6th January 2013 at 6:56 pm.
Me too, thanks!
AutismMumma on 6th January 2013 at 6:56 pm.
The stats are worrying, thanks for reading and commenting 🙂