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Railway Children · Sandbach, Cheshire, UK

Railway Children Achievements 2023-24

Railway Children's 2023-24 annual report sets out its work with street-connected children in the UK, Tanzania and India. In the UK it supported 186 young people and their families, trained 4,295 British Transport Police and rail staff in safeguarding, launched a Glasgow project and grew its Safeguarding Action Groups to ten. In Tanzania it supported 1,665 children and young people, and in India it protected 3,308 children and 829 families across four transport terminals and seven communities.

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Railway Children is an international charity that transforms the lives of street-connected children, working so that no child is left behind. It works alongside the British Transport Police and the rail industry in the UK, and with partners in Tanzania and India, to reach children who are alone and at risk on railways and streets.

Key Metrics

4,295 British Transport Police and rail staff trained in safeguarding
186 young people in the UK supported with their families
3,308 children protected in India, with 829 families

Key Outcomes

  • Created two new Safeguarding Action Groups, bringing the total operating across the UK to ten.
  • In Tanzania, made contact with 386 children at Child Support Desks; 85% were successfully removed from the streets upon contact.
  • In India, 3,442 children accessed school and education through seven Child Activity Centres.

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