Childline
In 1986 Dame Esther launched Childline, the free confidential helpline for children and young people, which she chaired for nineteen years. She is currently President of Childline, is a trained volunteer counsellor and was until recently a Trustee of the NSPCC. Childline merged with the NSPCC in 2005.
The charity has now helped more than 4 million children and young people, both online and via the telephone. It has been copied in 150 countries around the world.
For the first five years, sexual abuse was the commonest problem children reported to the helpline. Then for seven years bullying became the most common problem. However, in 2009 the online counselling service was launched, and since then, there has been a huge increase in contacts relating to suicidal thoughts, eating disorders and self-harm.
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