“We’re Team Toumazis, and we’re running the London Marathon 2018 to raise money for Childline”.
Its the second year on the trot that Father Tom and sons Chris and Gabriel are running the marathon. The fourth member Theo Tom’s future son in law recieved an injury and will not be taking part.
Childline is a free 24-hour counselling service for children. Last year alone, its trained volunteers gave 300,000 counselling sessions.
We’re running for Childline because we believe that every child deserves someone to talk to, whatever they’re going through. If you believe so too, or if you just like the idea of us panting our way through London in April (equally valid), please show us your support. Big or small, every donation counts.
Thank you!
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- £4 would pay for a child to speak to Childline.
- £25 would pay for an NSPCC helpline counsellor to give an hour’s support to an adult who’s worried about a child.
- £112 would pay for a face-to-face counselling session for a young person in care – helping them to overcome the problems they’ve faced.
- £500 would pay for life-changing therapy to help a child recover from abuse and rebuild their life.
- £1,600 would pay for the recruitment, training and support of a Childline counsellor.
- ChildLine
- ChildLine is the UK’s free and confidential, 24 hour helpline for children in distress or danger. Trained volunteer counsellors comfort, advise, support and protect children and young people who may feel they have nowhere else to turn. Children call ChildLine about a wide range of problems, but the most common problems are abuse (both sexual and physical), bullying, serious family tensions, worries about friends’ welfare and teenage pregnancy. Children and young people can call ChildLine about anything – no problem is too big or too small. ChildLine is a service provided by the NSPCC
Tom Toumazis MBE is Chairman and Founder of the Childline Board, part of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in the United Kingdom, and a member of the charity’s National Volunteer Board. Toumazis is a founder investor and chair of three start-up companies He was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday 2015 Honours List for services to children.