Youth Who Care

Get Your Kids Involved

Charity begins at home, so the old saying goes, and it is part of a parents job to introduce the idea of helping others for no personal gain to their children. I’m not suggesting you get your kids to donate the wardrobes or invite any homeless men they pass on their way home to come round for dinner, but there are lots of things you can suggest that they get involved with.

Most schools will hold charity events, whether to More

First charitable steps

When I was a kid, the first charity I ever got involved with was one where you can sponsor a child in some far-off country, and you then learn lots about their country and receive letters from them. You also have the opportunity to write back or send pictures and postcards of the town where you live, and I would spend hours sitting at the cheap furniture thinking of interesting things to tell her about my normal routine. It More

Befriending Fun

There are lots of charities that have modelled themselves on the “Big Brother” organisation in the US, that provides befrienders for kids from difficult backgrounds or who are having problems at school. The idea is that the support of a positive adult role model will make them happier and more confident.

The best people to apply to become befrienders are those who are still big kids at heart; this doesn’t mean you have to go around wearing adult nappies, More