Craig, Debra and Karen are going to do their bravest challenge yet.  They will spend the night of 26th February 2011 searching Castle Menzies in Perthshire for ghosts.  They will be doing this event to raise funds for the NSPCC.  All funds raised  will go towards ChildLine, the UK's free 24 hour helpline for children who are distressed or in danger.

£4 could answer a child’s call for help on ChildLine

£25 could pay for a trained practitioner to deliver one hour of support through the NSPCC Helpline

£50 could pay for an hour of direct one to one support for a vulnerable child and their family

£124 could pay for a night-shift worker so that we can support children, often in desperate situations, who phone ChildLine in the middle of the night

ChildLine has counselled more than 2.3 million children since lines opened in 1986.

• The most common problems children called about in 2008/09 were: bullying (17 per cent of all calls), family issues (12 per cent), physical abuse (11 per cent), sexual abuse (8 per cent), facts of life (6 per cent) and concern for others (5 per cent).
• One call in five is about physical, emotional, sexual abuse or neglect. 
• Girl callers to ChildLine outnumber boys by two to one although more boys are now calling the service and ChildLine counselled a record number of boys last year. 
• Of those children who gave their age when calling ChildLine in 2008/09, 26 per cent were aged 16-18, 53 per cent were aged 12-15, and 21 per cent were aged 11 or under.
• More than 1,300 volunteers provide counselling to children, overseen by professional supervisors.
• ChildLine delivers a nationwide service from 14 offices across the UK in London, Exeter, Birmingham, Nottingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Prestatyn, Swansea, Belfast, Foyle, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

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