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ChildLine is a free 24-hour counseling service provided by the NSPCC for children and young people up to age 19 in the UK. It deals with issues like abuse, bullying, parental separation, pregnancy, and substance abuse. Counselors aim to keep calls confidential but may take action or involve supervisors if needed to best help children. ChildLine was founded in 1986 by Esther Rantzen on her TV show as a helpline for children in danger or distress and now operates 24/7 as part of the NSPCC.

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Young People UK NSPCC Child Abuse Bullying Divorce Pregnancy Substance Misuse

ChildLine is a free 24-hour counseling service provided by the NSPCC for children and young people up to age 19 in the UK. It deals with issues like abuse, bullying, parental separation, pregnancy, and substance abuse. Counselors aim to keep calls confidential but may take action or involve supervisors if needed to best help children. ChildLine was founded in 1986 by Esther Rantzen on her TV show as a helpline for children in danger or distress and now operates 24/7 as part of the NSPCC.

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ChildLine is a free 24 hour counselling service for children and young people up to their 19th

birthday in the UK provided by the NSPCC.[1] ChildLine deals with any issue which causes distress or
concern, common issues dealt with include child abuse, bullying, parental separation
or divorce, pregnancy and substance misuse.[2]

Contents
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1 Confidentiality
2 History
3 UK operations
4 ChildLine Scotland
5 International
6 Telephone number
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Confidentiality[edit]
ChildLine's intention is to always keep calls confidential. ChildLine counsellors take action, however
the situation, big or small, if they can help. Counsellors do not record calls but write down case notes
of calls and sometimes counselling supervisors may also listen in to calls to make sure that they can
help the best they can.[3]

History[edit]
In 1986 Esther Rantzen, presenter of That's Life!, a popular consumer TV show, suggested to the
BBC that they create "Childwatch", a programme about child abuse, the aim being to try to detect
children at risk before their lives were in danger. Viewers were asked if they would take part in the
survey in an edition of That's Life!. A helpline was opened after the programme so that any child
currently suffering abuse could call for help. Rantzen, together with her BBC producers Sarah
Caplin and Ritchie Cogan, therefore suggested they should create a helpline specifically for children
in danger or distress, to be open throughout the year, 24/7, and launch it on the programme.[4] The
project was made possible by a benefactor Ian Skipper who underwrote the charity for the first three
years.

ChildLine joined the NSPCC in February 2006, and extra resources were pledged in an attempt to
ensure that no child's call goes unanswered.[5]

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