Nativity cribs have been placed in high profile locations across London as part of a hard-hitting campaign designed to highlight the plight of thousands of children surviving on Britain’s streets without care.
Nine cribs have been sited by Railway Children, a charity for the welfare of street children, to represent the fact that there are just nine beds available nationwide, for the estimated 100,000 children who end up living rough each year, 30,000 of which are aged 12 or younger.
The campaign is being use to call for the Government to create a network of emergency safe houses for children exposed to violence, crime, drug abuse, gang culture and sexual exploitation on the streets.
Advertising carrying the message: “This Christmas thousands of children will sleep on the streets because they are too afraid to go home” will support the Nine Beds campaign during the Christmas period.
“The nativity scene epitomizes the innocence of childhood and at the same time the threat of a life detached from the safety that most children in the UK take for granted,” said Chief Executive of Railway Children, Terina Keene.
“This campaign highlights the fact that this Christmas thousands of children in Britain are left to survive a life of violence and crime because our support services are failing to reach them.”
See a video of the campaign in action below.
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