Barnardo's Scotland

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As the country's largest children's charity, we’re here to help you, and children and young people across Scotland, feel safer, happier and healthier.

Image features the Minister for Victims and Community Safety, Siobhian Brown, in a gym hall surrounded by a large number of school pupils, some of whom are clutching basketballs. Most are wearing CashBack for Communities T-shirts. A large banner is being held aloft that reads: "26 million for communities across Scotland."
Image features a groups of young people, most of whom are holding placards to suggest they are demonstrating about something. Above them, are the words: "Care Day 2026. Friday 20th February. We're all Connected by Care." The image is colourful and most of the young people are smiling and happy.
Professor Soumen Sengupta, pictured right, the Chief Officer for Health and Social Care in South Lanarkshire, visited one of the transitional flats that is used in the South Lanarkshire Futures service; a service run by children's charity Barnardo's. Three our key members of the project are pictured beside Professor Sengupta; all four are smiling. They are standing in a kitchen.
Image is a graphic featuring only wording and no pictures. It reads: "We support Scotland Demands Better." Then, underneath that, it reads: "THE MARCH FOR ALL OF US / EDINBURGH - 25 OCT 2025 / SCOTLAND-DEMANDS-BETTER.com
Image features a group of more than 10 young people sitting around a table discussing issues relating to their own lives.
Image features an aerial shot of the waves coming on to a beach. The main purpose of the image, though, is for the text, which reads: "LOOK AFTER YOURSELF AND YOUR FRIENDS if you're planning to go into the water this summer." There is also the logo for Water Safety Scotland on the top-left of the image.
Image is of a front door of what looks like a shop. The door is green with a large brass door handle and letterbox. About 75 per cent of the space of the door is taken up by frosted glass. On the glass is a sticker -- also green -- that reads: "Common Ground." Below that, in green letters, is the number 200.
Image features a young person in a hoodie with her hand over her face looking distressed. She is being consoled by an adult female. Above the two people in large white letters on a purple background are the words: "Young people in Scotland are being targeted by criminals." Below the duo, also in white writing and on a purple background, is the additional message: "They need you to know what sextortion is so that they can come to you for help. Learn more at fearless.org. Finally, in the bottom right hand corner is the "fearless" logo with a note below that reads: "Part of Crimestoppers."
Image features Miles Briggs MSP on the left standing beside Rhianna Wright, who is the manager of the Barnardo's Works office in Edinburgh, in which the two are standing. In the background is a reception desk with a sign reading "Barnardo's Works" in the background. There is a photocopier, a bookcase and a plant also in view. The floor is wooden and there is some differing lighting behind the duo. Both are smiling.