Were you helped by ChildLine at any time during your childhood? If you are 18 or over and ChildLine made a real difference to your life when you were growing up, then we would really like to hear from you.

ChildLine was founded by our President, Esther Rantzen in 1986 and this October will see the start of our 25th anniversary year. Throughout the 12 months from October we want to make people more aware of ChildLine’s on-going, vital work and through doing so to encourage more children and young people to come forward if they need help.

In the last 25 years ChildLine has provided comfort and protection to more than two and a half million children and young people. Nowadays we are contacted almost 29,000 times every week by children needing help and advice; this includes calls to our freephone number, emails, online counselling and through our online message board.

By sharing your personal story about how ChildLine changed your life we hope that it will encourage other children in need of help or support to contact us.

You can always tell your story anonymously if you prefer as we understand that many people will not have told anyone that they called ChildLine or the reason why.

So, if you were helped by ChildLine, are over 18 years of age and interested in telling your story, please contact our Wales communications team, by calling 0203 188 3655 or emailing walesandsouthwestcomms@nspcc.org.uk Alternatively, you can write to us at NSPCC Cymru/Wales, Diane Engelhardt House, Treglown Court, Dowlais Road, Cardiff, CF24 5LQ. If you do write, please remember to include your contact details so that we can get back in touch with you.

Ann Pulling ChildLine Services Manager