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The KidsOut Toy Box Service
The statistics around domestic violence and especially the involvement of children are shocking and disturbing. For children living with domestic violence home is a place of fear and terror rather than the safe and secure place it should be.
Thankfully, each year more than 20,000* children escape the abusive situation, usually with their mothers, and make their way to Womens’ refuges across the country.
After a period of around 6-12 months, most of these families move onto their new home. But moving into a strange community can be particularly tough for children – who have usually left home with nothing more than the clothes they were wearing.
KidsOut are here to help these children. We deliver these children a box of brand new toys, age and gender specific. Each Toy Box is filled with games to play, books to read and a teddy to cuddle which they can call their own.
Each Toy Box gives children a sense of normality, making the world seem a kinder place where someone cares. It helps them settle in and make new friends, as they can invite other children home to play with their toys.
Thanks to the support from our partner FedEx and 257 refuges across the UK, KidsOut is able to send out Toy Boxes to thousands of these children.
* in England during 2008. All statistics are sourced from Womens’ Aid UK.
Click here to read some of the feedback KidsOut has received on the Toy Box service.
Over 750,000 children witness violence in the home every year.
1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime.
On a typical day, 3615 women and 3580 children are residents in refuge accommodation*.
*50% of these children are aged under 5 years.
