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The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a British child protection charity founded as the Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (LSPCC) by Thomas Agnew on 19 April 1883. The NSPCC lobbies the government on issues relating to child welfare, and creates child abuse public awareness campaigns.
The Society evolved to become the NSPCC some five years later (14 May 1889), with Waugh as its honorary director and Queen Victoria as patron. Under Waugh's leadership and guidance, 200 local NSPCC branches were created across the UK to campaign for children to be protected from harm, neglect and abuse.
In 1893 the Scottish Children's League of Pity was formed as a junior and fund-raising branch. [7] The NSPCC also began to come into existence around this time and now operates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Although the two charities are completely separate organisations, they work together to improve the lives of children and ...
Following Childline's merger with NSPCC in 2006, Childline Scotland was run by Children 1st under contract, available to all young people in Scotland up to 18 years of age. It had at that time bases in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. [9] The Edinburgh base has since closed. As of March 2012, Childline Scotland is run directly by the NSPCC.
Each branch of the NSPCC and ISPCC had an inspector who was paid a salary and was provided with a house that doubled as a local office. [2] Their job was to investigate child abuse or neglect. [2] They were nearly all men and were recruited from the ranks of retired army personnel and police. [2] Each answered to a local committee of volunteers ...
Dyer's case led to stricter laws for adoption and child protection, and helped raise the profile of the fledgling National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), which formed in 1884. [4]
Holland-Martin was part of the NSPCC for over 50 years, serving as chairman of the Central Executive Committee for nearly two decades (1969 - 1988). [1] During her decades with the charity, she played a crucial role in the establishment of the NSPCC's position as Britain's leading child protection organisation and helped to engineer its development into a modern professional body.
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command, or CEOP Command, is a command of the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA), [1] and is tasked to work both nationally and internationally to bring online child sex offenders, including those involved in the production, distribution and viewing of child abuse material, to the UK courts. [2]