Childline: Challenge aiming to spread kindness in school and nurseries

As well as sharing positivity and kindness across the country, the challenge also calls on classrooms everywhere to raise vital money for Childline.

Kindness makes children happier, can help to reduce stress levels and improves their self-esteem and wellbeing. Taking part in the challenge also helps young people think about the importance of caring acts while raising money to support the NSPCC’s Childline service.

The Kindness Challenge encourages pupils to complete acts like inviting a new friend to join in during play time, writing a thank you letter or card to a friend, teacher or family member, or – in secondary schools – taking part in initiatives that help reduce waste or promote sustainable practices.

Every school or nursery that signs up will be given access to a huge range of free NSPCC resources including activity sheets, assembly plans and posters, all designed to help make organising the challenge really easy.

The new school term can often leave children feeling anxious or worried, so events like the Kindness Challenge can be a terrific way to nurture positivity in schools while raising vital funds to ensure Childline can be here for children whenever they need support.

Our Childline counsellors are specially trained and available around the clock on the phone or through the website to support children with whatever they’re going through. The majority of its funding comes from donations, so fundraising and awareness raising events like the Kindness Challenge are vital to ensuring our counsellors are available to offer support when young people need it most.

If you work at a school or nursery, sit on a Parent Teacher Association, or have a child, grandchild, niece or nephew in school, why not suggest the Kindness Challenge to teachers and encourage them to sign up?

To find out more and sign up to the Kindness Challenge, click here or search online for ‘NSPCC Kindness Challenge’.