# The Childhood Trust’s Summer Give raises over £1 million

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/06/25/childhood-trusts-summer-give-raises-1m/
- Published: 2018-06-25T07:05:12+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Childhood Trust has announced that just over £1 million has been raised in
its most successful Summer Give campaign ever.**

The campaign ran in partnership with the [The Big Give](https://www.thebiggive.org.uk/),
with funds doubled by [The Childhood Trust](http://www.childhoodtrust.org.uk/) and
the charity’s major donors to an overall total of £1,002,451. The money is expected
to support over 15,000 disadvantaged children and young people in London this summer.

This year’s [Summer Give](https://secure.thebiggive.org.uk/summergive#/) campaign
was backed by The Childhood Trust’s _A Summer Holiday From Hell_ report, which found
that 54% of children have witnessed violence and a further 48% have seen drug misuse
during the holidays. In addition, 45% of charities supporting children say youth
violence in their community is “out of control”.

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Laurence Guinness, Chief Executive of The Childhood Trust said:

> “No child in the capital should have to spend the summer frightened, hungry or
> alone. Too many working families can’t afford a holiday, childcare or even enough
> to eat so the £1m+ we’ve raised provides a lifeline for children and young people
> who need support. We want to thank everyone who donated and especially all our
> charity partners for the incredible services they provide to vulnerable children.”

This year’s campaign was backed pro-bono by an advertising campaign created by [The ARC Agency](http://www.thearcagency.co.uk/)
as well as design agency [Little Yellow Duck](https://littleyellowduck.co.uk/) who
designed the report. The campaign engaged an audience of over 3m Londoners and was
actively promoted by community social media partners Nextdoor to all their London
users. The levels of engagement meant that every £1 the Childhood Trust invested
in the campaign generated £4.60 for the participating charities.

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