Helping Herts is a charity like few others – a cheerleader for the work of 12 Hertfordshire children’s and young people’s organisations. Mobilising communities across the county, they help to raise funds and awareness for their partner charities – amplifying voices, increasing impact.
On the outside, Hertfordshire is a prosperous place but dig into data and there’s another, important story.
Although most of Herts’ children & young people are doing well, thousands across the county are growing up in poverty. In fact, Barnardo’s found that this number is as high as 1 in 11 children.
There are over a thousand children in care, and more than 10,000 young people have significant additional needs recognised in an Education, Health and Care Plan.
And while Hertfordshire has lower hospital admission rates for mental health and self-harm than England overall, youth mental health services are still seeing rising demand and pressure.
This is why local children’s charities genuinely matter in Herts.
But those charities are often small, specialist and overstretched. They’re busy working to improve the lives of those they support – but without the capacity or expertise to shout about what they do or raise the funds to do even more.
Improving children’s lives.
Helping Herts brings together local charities, businesses and communities to raise money and awareness – helping children and young people in Hertfordshire get the support they need to thrive.
Think of Helping Herts as Hertfordshire’s very own Comic Relief – an organisation that uses its collective strength and reach to raise money to support several frontline charities.
These charities are often doing essential work completely under the radar. Helping Herts helps put them centre stage – shining a spotlight on their work, and mobilising people across the county to fundraise.
Turning individual efforts into county-wide impact.
Helping Herts continues to help create brighter futures for the children and young people of Herts.
But they can only do this thanks to donations. Big or small, these help to improve the lives of young people across Hertfordshire.
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