Why Kids Company?
Kids Company is an
impressive organisation founded in 1996 by Camila
Batmanghelidjh.
The charity provides practical, emotional and educational
support to vulnerable inner-city children and young people through
a number of channels, but what really impressed us was the
high-value added nature of the organisation's work.
Kids Company draws on a skilled staff and a huge volunteering
resource to support the young people that it helps and many
consider the 'front line' nature of its work as high risk. Overall
the charity is fantastic at ensuring that the children who need its
help most get it and the organisation currently supports 12,000
children and young people, many of whom have experienced
significant trauma and neglect. Volunteering through Kids Company
is attractive because it offers staff the potential to meet and
support vulnerable children directly.
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Case study
Tina is just one example of the many thousands of children and
young people that Kids Company works with.
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