Figures show a 12% increase in connections made this year compared with Christmas 2023.
820 children contacted Childline during the Christmas period.
Figures show a 12% increase in connections made this year compared with Christmas 2023.
The calls made during the 23rd to the 25th of December ranged from topics of suicide, abuse, neglect, bereavement and loneliness.
50 children a year are in the process of trying to take their own life while on the phone to the Childline team.
John Church, CEO of ISPCC, says its staff are ready to listen if somebody wants to talk:

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