Deborah takes to the skies for NSPCC's Child's Voice Appeal

Chair of the NSPCC’s South West Child’s Voice Appeal, Deborah Meaden, took to the skies in a hot air balloon this June to announce the charity partnership between Bristol International Balloon Fiesta 2010 and the children’s charity.

 
Deborah took time out to take part in the media launch, personally thanking the Fiesta organisers and calling on would-be visitors at this year’s free event to help raise vital funds for the charity’s South West Child’s Voice Appeal.
 
The NSPCC launched the Child’s Voice Appeal in 2008 to raise £50 million nationally to answer more cries for help through its national services, ChildLine and the NSPCC Helpline for adults with concerns about a child.  At that time, a third of calls to ChildLine could not be answered.  To protect even more children in the South West and across the UK and Channel Islands from abuse and neglect, the NSPCC urgently needs more funding. A total of £1.6 million is needed in the South West alone and so far the total raised is around £600,000.
 
By giving to the South West Child’s Voice Appeal at this year’s Balloon Fiesta, the public will be helping children at risk of abuse to be better informed, better cared for and better protected. Everyone can support the Child’s Voice Appeal at www.nspcc.org.uk/southwest
 
If you would like to be part of the NSPCC’s volunteer team at the Fiesta and beyond, call 0844 892 0562 or email southwestappeals@nspcc.org.uk or go to www.nspcc.org.uk/balloonfiesta