What We Do

KidsOut is a charity dedicated to supporting some of the UK’s most disadvantaged and vulnerable children with positive and happy experiences.

Each year we help bring smiles to the faces of thousands of vulnerable and disadvantaged children by providing fun and wellbeing experiences, day trips, toys and books, to children those who might otherwise have none.

In collaboration with the Women’s Aid Federation, we supports over 20,000 children living in over 650 women’s refuges in the UK. These children, along with their mothers, will have fled domestic abuse to seek safety in refuges and safe houses. The children will have either witnessed or personally experienced, emotional, physical and/or sexual abuse and will usually arrive in refuge with no more possessions than the clothes they are wearing.

KidsOut provides these children with a box of age and gender appropriate brand-new toys and books to help the child’s transition into their new home. It also provides toys for children at Christmas, ensuring that every child has toys to open on Christmas Day.

The charity also supports thousands of disadvantaged children, including those with life-limiting disabilities, those who are carers for parents and or siblings, and children who live within families facing extreme financial hardship. KidsOut provide these children with day trips, toys, and a wide range of wellbeing experiences, so that these vulnerable children feel valued and have something to look forward to.

Fun Days and Experiences

Each year we take thousands of children out for Fun Days

From wellbeing workshops, theme parks and even a trip to the cinema, all our Fun Days provide children with new and happy memories to cherish and more importantly something to look forward to.

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Toys & Toy Boxes

Without KidsOut, many children would have no new toys of their own

KidsOut supports some of the most vulnerable children in the UK including children living in over 650 women’s refuges. The refuges provide safety for women and children who have fled domestic abuse. Many of the children will have witnessed or personally experienced, emotional, violent, or sexual abuse, and will usually arrive in refuge with no possessions.. The charity provides a box of brand-new toys to each often-traumatised child arriving in refuge to help ease their transition into their new home. The toys are carefully chosen by our Children’s Services team based on years of experience with working with families affected by domestic abuse, and children’s mental health experts. For many of the children receiving the toy boxes, it will be the first time they have owned brand-new toys.

At Christmas, KidsOut ensures no child in refuge goes without, with boxes of toys delivered to hundreds of women’s refuges across the UK. The occasion, called The Giving Tree, attracts thousands of individuals and organisations who take part in this now famous event. The Giving Tree asks people to add an extra item to their gift shopping list at Christmas and buy a toy for a child in need. The toys can be dropped off at one of the charity’s many collection points. Alternatively, toys can be bought from KidsOut’s own Fun & Happiness Shop, where the gift purchased will be delivered directly to a child in refuge.

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Food Vouchers

We supply food vouchers for mothers with children living in refuges

We provide food vouchers to families in refuge and those affected by poverty. The vouchers provide a sense of independence for mothers in refuge, as well as helping them during school holidays when school meals are not available.

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Providing Important Tech for Children

Your surplus tech can change children’s lives

Partnering with Sustainable Tech 4 Good, and its Founder and Ambassador to KidsOut, Sue Gowling, this amazing organisation has provided KidsOut with devices for parents and their children, giving them the tech they need to help them regain their independence.

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