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Action for Children
85 Highbury Park
London
N5 1UD
Tel: 020 7704 7000
Web: www.actionforchildren.org.uk
Action for Children is a children's charity that supports and speaks out for the UK's most vulnerable children and young people.
How they help:
- Family support - they support families at critical times and with difficult problems.
- Children in care - they help find carers for children who can't live with their families.
- Our schools - they help children and young people reach their full potential.
- Young people - they help vulnerable and excluded young people.
- Disabled children - they provide specialist help and support for disabled children.
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