More than 60% of adults surveyed in South Wales during the school summer holidays are concerned children may become knife crime victims, reveals new research for Barnardo’s.   A YouGov poll of more than 100 adults in Newport reveals that 62% per cent of adults surveyed are worried children aged 10-18 may become victims of knife crime.   Similarly, 63% per cent of respondents surveyed believe children feel unsafe in their local area because of knife crime.   Almost…

Baby Nellie Newbury is just a few months old but she has already proved to be the perfect teacher for pupils at a Cardiff primary school. Nellie and her mum Shelley are visiting Peter Lea Primary School every three weeks with the children’s charity Barnardo’s Cymru as part of a programme called Roots of Empathy. The programme aims to encourage pupils to have greater understanding of others, treat each other with kindness and eventually grow up to be good parents…

Children, families and nurseries are being called on to put their best foot forward for Barnardo’s in the charity’s Big Toddle, an event first dreamt up by fundraisers in Wales more than 20 years ago. Last year’s Barnardo’s Big Toddle saw thousands of under-fives take part in short, sponsored “toddles” across Britain and they raised £231,512 for the UK’s largest children’s charity. The original idea came from the Porthcawl Barnardo’s Helpers’ Group who staged the first event on the promenade…