We are proud of our achievements this year. In 2006/7, we have continued to fund a range of successful projects that help children across the social spectrum, from young refugees, to runaways, to minors in homes where parents abuse alcohol and drugs.
Despite a fall in Government funding, nearly 80p in the pound of this year’s income has gone directly into work with children. In order to meet the principal objective of our three-year plan- to increase our direct work with children and young people - we have invested the excess in fundraising and attracting new supporters.
This has proved successful. Our direct fundraising has attracted 61,000 new donors and an extra £2.5m compared with last year, which has helped us to take our work with children in need onto another level.
As always, our Annual Report aims to provide you with a clear picture of where our money comes from and how we spend it. After last year’s annual report, Intelligentgiving.com - an independent website that rates charities- gave The Children’s Society a top rating of 80% on transparency and this year we have striven to give you even more information.
For further information on the annual report 2006/7 please download the Annual report from the links on the right.
Following tradition, we have continued to work closely with the Church of England children’s work advisors, developing resources that promote our shared missions. In the spring, for instance, the Leaves of Life, an Eastertide celebration was launched nationally. Supporting The Good Childhood Inquiry- the UK's first independent national inquiry into childhood- it provided children with an opportunity to have their voices heard locally and to contribute to the ongoing national debate about childhood. More than 500 parishes across 43 dioceses have placed orders for the resources.
As experts in the problems facing children, we have also worked harder than ever this year to have a significant say in formulating government policy. And to make sure we get results, in the past 12 months we have been driving forward several Stand by Me campaigns for disabled, runaway and refugee children as well as those in trouble with the law.
