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Keeping children safe in their family this Christmas
In 2025, over 80,000 children will spend Christmas in the care system.
Many are separated from their families – they may not see their parents, brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles or grandparents.
They may have had to change schools and be forced to live many miles from where they grew up.
This often results in young people being isolated and lonely, which can have lasting detrimental impact on their lives – and on society at large.
And it’s getting worse. The total cost of the children’s social care system is over £10 billion a year – and is going up and up.
Yet for many it doesn’t have to be this way.
Can you spare the cost of a present this Christmas and help us to keep more children safely in their families?
Some local authorities are paying over £4000 per week to keep a child in care. That money could be better spent supporting children to live safely in their family.
That’s why we’re trying to raise £4000 in the Big Give Christmas Challenge this December – which will then be doubled by our generous match funders.
For the price of a Christmas gift, you can help a child to be raised safely at home or by loving family or friends in kinship care.
The Big Give Christmas Challenge runs from 2nd to 9th December 2025. Any donations made before then won’t be match funded so it’s better to wait.
Here's how your donation can make a difference
£10
helps fund us to advise an aunt who is struggling to cover even the basic costs of raising her niece, such as food and school clothes, let alone buy Christmas gifts.
£25
our webchat advisors can help an older brother, who has stepped in to raise his sister after their mother died, to secure bereavement counselling.
£50
we can help a young mother, who was raised in care herself, to get the support she needs to safely raise her newborn who is at risk of going into care.
£75
we can help a grandmother advocate for her grandchildren, who are in emergency care, so they can be together in time for Christmas.
How you can get involved:
- Head over to the Big Give page between 2nd and 9th December and see your donation doubled!
- Sign up for a reminder when the challenge starts below
- Encourage your friends and family to donate too.
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Updated November 2025
Our funding means we can currently only help 4 in 10 people
Your donation will help more families access expert legal advice and support from Family Rights Group.
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