Help The Children's Society build a safety net for children who run away from home.

Children at risk need your help

Over 100,000 children run away every year. Learn about our campaign and take action today to help make young runaways safe.

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28 young Scouts and Explorers
photographs of three celebrities, Paul O'Grady, Jenny Agutter and Chris O'Dowd
window display featuring informing public of dangers young runaways face
Sleeping rough to support Make Runaways Safe and Ghanaian children

A Scouts leader describes how nearly 30 Scouts and Explorers developed a plan to raise funds for fellow young people.

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Celebrities support young runaways

Several well-known actors, journalists and others support our Make Runaways Safe campaign.

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Volunteer campaign group launches window display in Sheffield

Our Embrace project's volunteer campaign group is promoting Make Runaways Safe by way of a window display in Sheffield's city centre

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Every five minutes a child in the UK runs away from home

Every child who has become a young runaway deserves to be protected through a national safety net of support.

Without help, these runaway teenagers are highly vulnerable and at risk of substance abuse, sexual exploitation and homelessness. They need to know that there are people who can help them and services that they can turn to.

Together, we can make teenage runaways safe. Take action today.

Find out more about life for child runaways in our campaign stories section.

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