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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.
Checked: 22 Sep 2009

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