Partnership News

Latest news items relating to our work with The Children's Society can be found below:

Lent Appeal: help give young carers a break Molly has looked after her mum, dad, step-dad and nan since she was 10. At 14, she was referred to The Children's Society's Young Carer Programme. As well as practical support and advice, the programme offers young carers the chance to enjoy a weekend's More ... Christingle service raises over £470 People attending our joyous Christingle service on Christmas Eve last year donated an amazing £473.88, which will help young people in projects across the UK. Holding their Christingles in the beautiful candlelit church of St Andrew's, families and... More ... Keep your kids safe online with new guide from The Children's Society If you're a parent or carer of children and teenagers, you are probably worried about the content they’re seeing or the dangers they might encounter online. And these days young people are spending more and more time online, whether for school or social More ... Sign today if you agree that school uniforms should be affordable for every family The Children's Society has launched a petition to demand government action on unaffordable school uniforms in the upcoming Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, currently with the House of Lords for reporting and amending. More ... Nearly £400 raised for our Lent Appeal 2025 People attending St Andrew's donated £387 to our Lent Appeal this year, which raised funds for The Children's Society campaign for more support for young people to help with their mental health. More ... Action before Crisis: help turn the tide for teenagers Read about the latest campaign from The Children's Society to help teenagers - and how YOU can support it online in just a few clicks! More ... Let's make sure the next government listens to children The next Prime Minister must be a champion for children. And to make sure that happens, The Children's Society is working alongside some of the UK's largest children's societies on their joint Children at The Table campaign. More ... Lent Appeal raises £299 for The Children's Society  A huge thank you to members of St Andrew's who donated to our Lent campaign - £299 was raised and with donations still coming in, we hope to comfortably break the £300 barrier! More ... Put your hands up for children this Lent  For Lent 2024 St Andrew's is asking people to put their hands up for children, to raise money for The Children's Society's (TCS) latest campaign. Not literally of course - although you can do that if you want! - instead we are asking people to 'buy' More ... Thank you for supporting our 'Guardian Angel' Lent campaign  The funds have all been counted - and you helped us raise an amazing £535 for this year's 'Guardian Angel' Lent campaign, which supports The Children's Society's work to ensure that every unaccompanied child refugee is allocated a guardian to help them. More ... What do we stand for in the UK?  The second of two podcasts from The Children's Society, featuring the voices of Phoenix, Ayo, ibrahim, TJ and Ope. Together with The Children's Society they are campaigning for unaccompanied young refugees arriving in the UK alone to get a legal guardian. More ... 'They see you as a document, they don't see you as a human'  Listen to the first of two podcasts from The Children's Society, featuring the voices of Phoenix, Ayo, ibrahim, TJ and Ope. Together with The Children's Society, they're campaigning for young refugees who arrive in the UK alone to get a legal guardian. More ... Lent campaign: take action, write a letter to your M.P.  Are you moved or shocked by what unaccompanied children face when seeking asylum? Then write to your M.P. and use our draft letter as a template. More ... Lent campaign: Help children arriving alone in the UK to get a guardian This year, our Lent appeal raises funds for the Children’s Society’s work to provide Guardians for unaccompanied child refugees. More ... You helped build something great - thank you How our Lent appeal enabled families to have fun and exercise! More ... Advent Challenge 2021 - no-churn Christmas ice cream If you are taking part in this year's Advent Challenge to raise funds for The Children's Society, you will have seen that one of the challenges is to make a no-churn Christmas ice cream! More ... The Children's Society Chief Executive guest speaker at St Andrew's Next Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent and Mark Russell, Chief Executive of The Children's Society, will join us in the 10.30am service as guest speaker. More ... Young carers need support too Molly (not her real name) was just 10 when she started caring for her mum and step-dad. Find out in this short video how The Children's Society is helping young carers like Molly. More ... Demand free school meals for migrant children The Government's decision to extend free school meals to low-income migrant families is only temporary - add your name now to this campaign from The Children's Society to make this vital lifeline permanent. More ... Emergency appeal for children at risk The Children's Society has launched an appeal to raise funds to support its work reaching at-risk children during the coronavirus pandemic. More ... Help build something great this Lent! St Andrew's has launched a new campaign for Lent to raise funds for a family project run by The Children's Society. More ... Awareness raised of refugee work at village weekend  What did people think of our stand to highlight the plight of refugees at the Stapleford Village Weekend? Find out here - with links to the work of The Children's Society to help child refugees arriving in the UK. More ... Celebrate Refugee Week with us this weekend  This week is international Refugee Week - visit our stand at Stapleford Rec today (22nd June) to find out more about some of the barriers facing refugee children. More ... Can you make £60 last the week?  Sounds easy enough, doesn't it. But what if the car breaks down or the boiler needs fixing? That £60 can disappear in a flash. Take the quiz and find out more about The Children's Society campaign to strengthen the safety net for families in need. More ... Lent campaign raises over £230 for families in crisis But the campaign doesn't end here - find out how you can add your name to The Children's Society letter to your local councillor. More ...