Change the Story with Railway Children

Change the story is a campaign designed to help children living on the streets in the UK. Every year in the UK, an estimated 100,000 children under the age of 16 run away from home or care. They run away or are forced to leave homes where they suffer poverty, violence, abuse and neglect. They find themselves living on the streets because there is nowhere else to go and no one left to turn to. The problems they face on the streets are often even worse than those they endured at home.

Railway Children has spent over 16 years supporting these vulnerable children who suffer abuse and exploitation. In the UK, society often denies their existence, and in other countries the problem is so prevalent that it has become ‘normal’. Every day they fight to change their story.

Supported by Aviva through their Street to School programme, this campaign is about making a difference for these children, by raising awareness of the issues and encouraging change. It’s a movement for every child who has nowhere to turn and needs support.

Please sign our petition and help persuade the government to commit more resources for those children at risk, ensuring they have somewhere and someone to run to, where they’re not at risk.

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