THE NSPCC would like to say a huge thank you to Doncaster Rovers and their fans for 'going green' at Saturday's (25 April) winning match and raising £1,360 for children and young people.
The Keepmoat Stadium turned from red to green as fans welcomed the team onto the pitch by waving NSPCC green placards and giving child cruelty the 'green card'. The team wore their limited edition green and white hooped shirts in support of the charity and secured a 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace.
The stadium was decked out with NSPCC banners and even the match programme was turned green to remind fans of the vital work the charity does. Young mascots paraded around the ground with NSPCC and ChildLine banners to encourage everyone to get behind the charity and NSPCC volunteers collected donations from generous fans before kick- off. The money raised will help to support children in Doncaster as well as benefiting the charity's Child's Voice Appeal - for ChildLine and the NSPCC Helpline.
Claire Reading, NSPCC community fundraising manager for Doncaster said: "The atmosphere in and around the ground on Saturday was amazing and I've got no doubt that everyone really embraced the club's enthusiasm and support for the NSPCC.
"There was a real sense of family fun at the match and we're hugely grateful to Donny for launching their support of the NSPCC with a bang. The funds raised on Saturday could go towards recruiting and training a volunteer ChildLine counsellor, who in their first year would be able to help up to 200 children through their worries and distress.
"This money really will make a difference and could help in a number of ways. Your generosity will bring us one step closer to achieving our vision that every child should be able to access the help they need, first time."
There are a number of ways that the money raised at Doncaster Rovers could help both the Doncaster Therapeutic Support Team and the Child's Voice Appeal:
- Just £4 could ensure that, when a child plucks up the courage
to ask someone for help, ChildLine is there to answer their call.
- £19 could buy a doll for a play session at an NSPCC centre to
help a child enact events that may have happened in their life which they have difficulty speaking about. A trained social worker can use a
variety of toys and games to help a child explain their experiences.
- £60 could answer 15 calls to ChildLine, at least 3 of which
are likely to be children phoning because they are worried about being physically or sexually abused.
- £180 could pay a trained practitioner to deliver one day of
support through the NSPCC Helpline, to protect the most vulnerable children in society such as babies and toddlers who cannot call for themselves.
- £1,600 could recruit and train a volunteer ChildLine
counsellor, who in their first year will be able to help up to 200 children through their worries and distress.
The limited edition shirts are now being auction on ebay. For more information check out www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk
For more information about supporting the NSPCC in Doncaster please contact the north appeals team on 0113 22 99 313 or email northappeals@nspcc.org.uk .
