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5000 and more children take part in Cinesummer!

This summer, KidsOut offered a ‘Cinesummer’ scheme which involves offering free Odeon cinema ticket vouchers to disadvantaged children and young people nationally. Over 5000 children and young people, had a brilliant time seeing a film of their choice at cinemas across the UK! A popular choice this summer for children was ‘The BFG ‘. One … Continue reading 5000 and more children take part in Cinesummer!

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The show Moscow on!

Between the 10th and 12th of August, around 18 children went to see the famous and wonderful, Moscow State Circus in Dundee. The circus themed with a mysterious enchanted garden, combined a range of acts presented by Wizard Wako and his sidekick, Natalia. The children were amazed by this and found the show extraordinary. One … Continue reading The show Moscow on!

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KidsOut went bananas at Monkey Bizzness Sheffield

On the 4th of August, over 70 children were monkeying around at the softplay indoor centre, Monkey Bizzness in Sheffield. A massive thank you to Monkey Bizzness and our volunteers for providing the children with a wonderful experience. The children jumped for joy into ball pits, had fun sliding down the huge slides and enjoyed … Continue reading KidsOut went bananas at Monkey Bizzness Sheffield

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Joy in Progress!

A look at some of the great work done by the KidsOut team in the Midlands in 2015.

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Secret Santa…? You

Tired of having to buy that “amusing/novelty” toy for someone in your office for Secret Santa (who probably doesn’t want it)? Would you far rather spend the money on a child who will otherwise get nothing this Christmas?

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Welcome to the Beacon!

Hello! and welcome to Beacon – the new quarterly update from Kids Out! MIdlands. Everyone here at Kids Out! have been overwhelmed at the fantastic support given by businesses and individuals in the Midlands so far in 2015. We thought it was only right to that we kept you up to date with you how … Continue reading Welcome to the Beacon!

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What We Do in the Midlands

What We Do in the Midlands

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KidsOut at House of Lords calling for a Magna Carta for Children

800 years to the day since the signing of the original Magna Carta, KidsOut Chairman of Trustees, Helen Pitcher OBE, and KidsOut CEO, Gordon Moulds CBE, launched a new report “Supporting Children – a time for coherence, continuity and consistency”.

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Children

Helen Pitcher, KidsOut Chairman of Trustees, was interviewed live by Tony Snell on his BBC Radio Merseyside breakfast show yesterday morning.  Helen explained the reasons behind the charity’s call on the Government to set up a Children’s Magna Carta and the need for greater coherence, continuity and consistency in the development of strategies to best … Continue reading Children

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A national children’s charity, KidsOut, is calling on the Government to deliver a step change in the  way it provides for the protection of the most vulnerable members of society: our children.  Recent research revealed that 48,000 children in Britain needed protection from abuse in 2014.  While there were some valuable initiatives to protect disadvantaged … Continue reading A

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