Nursery World - The NSPCC has extended its family support service in three areas

The NSPCC has extended its family support service in three areas across Northern Ireland, to Belfast, Ballymena and Foyle, as part of the charity's latest public education campaign to protect babies and toddlers. At the launch of the Belfast family support team, Martin Crummey, NSPCC area children's services manager, said, 'The NSPCC is determined to help prevent harm to children before it happens, so we must ensure parents are fully supported and have somewhere to turn for help when things get tough.'

At the launch of the Belfast family support team, Martin Crummey, NSPCC area children's services manager, said, 'The NSPCC is determined to help prevent harm to children before it happens, so we must ensure parents are fully supported and have somewhere to turn for help when things get tough.'

Just over 1,400 children were placed on the child protection register in Northern Ireland in 2000-01, with almost half categorised as 'neglect' and 36 per cent as 'physical abuse'.

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